top | item 3609134 Let - lets you run a node.js script a specified amount of time. 9 points| jenhsun | 14 years ago |github.com | reply 7 comments order hn newest [+] [-] nicolast|14 years ago|reply Oh, so that's something like timeout (as distributed in coreutils on GNU/Linux systems, and according to man pages available on the web also on *BSD etc)? $ timeout -s 9 5s md5sum /dev/zero Killed [+] [-] badboy|14 years ago|reply seriously, I don't get it why I should use another big node script when there is timeout load replies (1) [+] [-] pyrotechnick|14 years ago|reply This seems severely over-engineered. [+] [-] appleflaxen|14 years ago|reply Can this be used to make a realtime javascript system? [+] [-] peterhunt|14 years ago|reply Oh come on [+] [-] Sargis|14 years ago|reply Yes, and it's webscale.
[+] [-] nicolast|14 years ago|reply Oh, so that's something like timeout (as distributed in coreutils on GNU/Linux systems, and according to man pages available on the web also on *BSD etc)? $ timeout -s 9 5s md5sum /dev/zero Killed [+] [-] badboy|14 years ago|reply seriously, I don't get it why I should use another big node script when there is timeout load replies (1)
[+] [-] badboy|14 years ago|reply seriously, I don't get it why I should use another big node script when there is timeout load replies (1)
[+] [-] appleflaxen|14 years ago|reply Can this be used to make a realtime javascript system? [+] [-] peterhunt|14 years ago|reply Oh come on [+] [-] Sargis|14 years ago|reply Yes, and it's webscale.
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