On 10/26/05, Erik Bixby <
erik.bixby@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knew a way to allow a shell command to run for a
> specific period of time. In this particular case, I want tcpdump to run for
> 23 hours, 59 minutes, 59 seconds. I couldn't find anything in the tcpdump
> man page that gave me the impression that tcpdump itself has that
> functionality. And, I couldn't find anything in a quick google search. I
> also thought it was an interesting scripting trick that I don't know, and
> thought I'd ask you nice folks...
> -Erik
>
I don't know if tethereal would suit your needs, but it does have an
option to specify the duration of the capture in seconds.
Anthony
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