Re: limiting the CPU time allowed

["A. Roubicek" <aro(at)cdc.noaa.gov>]

Hi JD, thank you for your reply,
I am sorry, I was not clear. I mean that "if the job takes more than
certain amount of CPU time, it should be killed". Is there any way to do
it from within IDL? Some applications have an option in the calling 
command to set this kind of limit.


On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, JD Smith wrote:

> "A. Roubicek" wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm trying to find a way to limit the CPU time an IDL process can
> > take (on unix, running from cron), to prevent clugging the system
> > with runaway processes. Any leads would be greatly appreciated!
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > A.R.
> 
> nice 15 idl "domyjob.pro"
> 
> jd
> 
>