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From: peter@cyklop.volvo.se (peter hakanson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: How to automatically kill processes?
Date: 16 Nov 1996 10:32:21 GMT
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Make shure that they are started with limit cputime !unlimited

see man limit


larrry@proeducation.com wrote:
: I would like to be able to automatically kill processes that consume too much
: cpu time.  Is this possible by running a shell script or by some other mechanisn?

: Thanks,

: --Larry


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