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.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'timeout'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install timeout
require 'timeout'
status = Timeout::timeout(5) {
# Something that should be interrupted if it takes more than 5 seconds...
}After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/ruby/timeout.