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Author Topic: Force kill after XX seconds  (Read 6835 times)

aignes

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Force kill after XX seconds
« on: September 21, 2006, 03:07 AM »
I think I read it also in another thread, but the only thing I really miss in your excellent ProcessTamer tool is the explicit rule:

Force kill after XX seconds

XX could also be a static value (for example 30 seconds or something like that).

In one of the tools I use for batch processing when I'm not in front of my PC, the CPU often goes up to 100% for a few seconds what is OK, but sometimes it hangs in an endless loop. In that case it would be very helpful to kill it after 30 seconds or so...
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Re: Force kill after XX seconds
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2006, 03:18 AM »
my next plan for process tamer is to allow some flexible rules, i will make sure to add one like this:
kill app X app if its cpu use is over Y for Z minutes.

(am i understanding this right, that its a specific process you want to specify for killing?)

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Re: Force kill after XX seconds
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2006, 03:54 AM »
my next plan for process tamer is to allow some flexible rules, i will make sure to add one like this:
kill app X app if its cpu use is over Y for Z minutes.

wow, great :)

(am i understanding this right, that its a specific process you want to specify for killing?)

it's a single application.

In the current ProcessTamer version I can use the explicit rule "Force kill", but I would need a "Force kill after 30 seconds of >90% CPU usage" or something like that.

So your mentioned "kill app X if its cpu use is over Y for Z minutes" will exactly do what I need. Thanks :)
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