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34 .Nd executes a command in a controlled manner
43 is a wrapper that executes a given command in a controlled manner.
44 At the moment, all it can do is set a timeout on the command and
45 terminate it (and all of its children) if the timeout expires.
47 In the first synopsis form,
49 will execute the provided command and, unless any options are specified,
50 the command is executed as if
57 will forcibly terminate the command if a specified amount of time passes.
58 The subprocesses are run on a different process group, so that the
59 termination of the parent also causes the termination of all of its
62 In the second synopsis form,
64 will print information about all supported options and their purpose.
66 The following options are available:
67 .Bl -tag -width XtXsecsXfileXX
69 Shows a short summary of all available options and their purpose.
71 Kills the child process after
73 seconds unless it has voluntarily finished before this amount of time
75 If the time runs out, the control file
77 is created and an error code is returned.