Time-limit shell command (Windows)

[Ben Rubinstein]

Thanks Bob; but I was hoping to do this in LiveCode.

e.g. is there a way to invoke a shell command to run asynchronously, returning 
the PID to LiveCode so that it can be monitored?


On 26/08/2026 16:26, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode wrote:
> <https://superuser.com/questions/520527/windows-command-line-time-limit>
> superuser.com<https://superuser.com/questions/520527/windows-command-line-time-limit>
> [X]<https://superuser.com/questions/520527/windows-command-line-time-limit>
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> I just googled it.
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> Bob S
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> On Aug 26, 2026, at 02:07, Ben Rubinstein via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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> Hello hive mind,
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> Is there a way from LiveCode to invoke a shell command with a time limit, to force it to fail after a certain time? (This is on Windows.)
> 
> many thanks,
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> Ben
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