File: timeout.rb [timeout: Ruby Standard Library Documentation]

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## Description

`Timeout` long-running blocks

## Synopsis¶ ↑

    require 'timeout'
    status = Timeout::timeout(5) {
      # Something that should be interrupted if it takes more than 5 seconds...
    }

## Description¶ ↑

`Timeout` provides a way to auto-terminate a potentially long-running operation if it hasn't finished in a fixed amount of time.

Previous versions didn't use a module for namespacing, however timeout is provided for backwards compatibility. You should prefer Timeout#timeout instead.

## Copyright¶ ↑

Copyright

  (C) 2000 Network Applied Communication Laboratory, Inc.

Copyright

  (C) 2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan