timeout package for centos

Question

I am running a cron job which often hangs and does not respond. The same problem was mentioned at stackoverflow

I need timeout command for centos as suggested in this answer. Link for ubuntu timeout command.

Answer 1

It's in RHEL. On my RHEL 5 System (abbreviated output):

# yum whatprovides */timeout
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
bash-3.2-32.el5.x86_64 : The GNU Bourne Again shell (bash) version 3.2
Repo        : rhel-x86_64-server-5
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/share/doc/bash-3.2/scripts/timeout

Check the above path to see if it's there. If it is then copy the scirpt to somewhere in your path (easiest) or add the scripts directory to your path if that's appropriate for your environment (better).