safe — run a command with timeout

safe is a tiny program that runs a command and kills it if it does not complete before a given timeout. The timeout defauts to one second and can be changed on the command line.

Download the source code: safe-1.0.tar.gz
Browse the source code: safe-1.0
Read the manual page: safe.1.html

safe is distributed under the MIT license. It will not infect you with a contagious disease if you decide to modify it for your own use.

If you find bugs or have suggestions, please send them to Ian at the domain name of this web site. Thanks!