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+++ b/crashRun.c	Wed Apr 27 11:54:12 2005 +0000
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+/*
+ * crashRun - execute command with timeout limit and catch segfaults 
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Thomas Kuehne <thomas@kuehne.cn>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ * $HeadURL$
+ * $Date$
+ * $Author$
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifdef linux
+#define USE_POSIX
+#endif
+     
+#if defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)
+#define USE_POSIX
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __FreeBSD__
+#define USE_POSIX
+#endif
+
+#ifdef USE_POSIX
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+/* timeout in seconds */
+const int TIME_OUT=480;
+
+void onTimeOut(){
+	printf("EXIT CODE: timeout (%d sec)\n", TIME_OUT);
+	fflush(stdout);
+	fflush(stderr);
+	kill(0, SIGKILL);
+
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE); // never called
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** arg){
+	pid_t pID = fork();
+	if (pID == 0){
+		/* child: construct cmd */
+		int cmdLen=1;
+		int i;
+		for(i=1; i<argc; i++){
+			cmdLen+=strlen(arg[i]);
+			cmdLen+=3;
+		}
+
+		char* cmd = malloc(cmdLen);
+		*cmd='\x00';
+	
+		for(i=1; i<argc; i++){
+			strcat(cmd, "\"");
+			strcat(cmd, arg[i]);
+			strcat(cmd, "\" ");
+		}
+		printf("cmd[%i s]: %s\n", TIME_OUT, cmd);
+		printf("EXIT CODE: %i\n", system(cmd));
+	}else if (pID < 0){
+        	fprintf(stderr, "failed to fork\n");
+		return EXIT_FAILURE;
+	}else{
+      		/* parent : timeout */
+		struct sigaction acti;
+		acti.sa_handler = &onTimeOut;
+		if(0!=sigaction(SIGALRM, &acti, NULL)){
+			fprintf(stderr, "failed to set timeout\n");
+			onTimeOut();
+			return EXIT_FAILURE;
+		}	
+		alarm(TIME_OUT);
+		wait(NULL);
+	}
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+#else
+
+#error "no implementation for your OS present"
+
+#endif /* USE_POSIX else */