On 10/26/05, Erik Bixby 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 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss