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can we force a c++ program to end after a certain amount of time
i want to force my program to quit after a certain amount of time so that it would not go on for ever.....
i want to force my program to quit after a certain amount of time so that it would not go on for ever.....
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Yes.
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thanks for the quick reply
how can we do that??
how can we do that??
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use the time() function if you only want accuracy to the second, of clock() for milliseconds.
Or you could create another thread that does the timer stuff. When time is expired the timer thread tells the main thread to quit.
const time_t MaxTime = 60*60; // one minute timer
time_t t1 = time(0); // start the timer
bool done = false;
while( !done )
{
time_t t2 = time(0); // get current time
if( (t2-t1) >= maxtime)
done = true;
// do some processing here
}Or you could create another thread that does the timer stuff. When time is expired the timer thread tells the main thread to quit.
Last edited by Ancient Dragon : May 19th, 2008 at 1:49 pm.
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