Process management

Process management involves starting, stopping, and managing the state of processes. It’s a critical aspect of operating systems and applications that are needed to control child processes.

Execution and timeouts

Timeout control is particularly important for the following reasons:

• Resource management: Processes that hang or take too long can consume system resources, leading to inefficiency
• Reliability: Ensuring that a process is completed within a given timeframe can be crucial for time-sensitive operations
• Deadlock prevention: In a system with interdependent processes, timeouts can prevent deadlocks by ensuring that no process waits indefinitely for a resource

Execute and control process execution time

In Go, you can use the os/exec package to start external processes. Combined with channels and select statements, you can effectively manage process execution time.

Here’s an example of how to create a utility that...