changing sleep to usleep for higher responsivness

[runfinite.git] / src / main.cpp

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 5b1ca074fb3c2da93178d3357c09b53f9df382fd..c9caf6e6e9def5691f51210495500c92c5a0f02f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * shuber, 2008-04-24
+ *
+ * Little hack to let a process run only a specific amount of time. If process
+ * has not finished until that amount of time it is killed.
+ *
+ */
+
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -172,12 +181,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                //Nmb of loops=seconds
                float loops=0;          
                //Status flags of child process 
-               int status, w;
+               int status;
+               //100ms granularity
+               const int ussleep=50000;
 
                do
                {
                        //Kill the child
-                       if( loops >= maxtime )
+                       if( loops*ussleep/1e6 >= maxtime )
                        {
                                if( argVerbose )
                                        printf("Kill child...\n");
@@ -187,7 +198,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                        }
 
                        //Sleep a round
-                       sleep(1);
+                       usleep(ussleep);
                        loops++;
 
                        //Test for child