--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+
+secs = int(sys.argv[1])
+cmd = sys.argv[2]
+
+pid = os.fork()
+# XXX error checking
+if pid == 0:
+ # child
+ os.setpgrp()
+ os.execvp('/bin/sh', ['/bin/sh', '-c', cmd])
+else:
+ # parent
+ def handler(signum, frame):
+ os.killpg(pid, signal.SIGKILL) # XXX Kill better like .hs
+ sys.exit(99)
+ old = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler)
+ signal.alarm(secs)
+ (pid2, res) = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
+ if (os.WIFEXITED(res)):
+ sys.exit(os.WEXITSTATUS(res))
+ else:
+ sys.exit(res)
+