timeout value in subprocess

[jonesin1974]

Hi,

The timeout works a treat if I hard code a value as such:

try: subprocess.run(['notepad.exe'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, timeout=2222) except: print("likely timeout.... Error: ", sys.exc_info()[0])

I'm writing a script for CI/CD testing and depending on my application, I may want it to time out after 5 seconds, or possibly even 15 minutes.  This will all get controlled by my own config file.

I'd like to do something along the lines of:

strTimeoutDuration = "5" #5 seconds.  This obtained previously in my script but hard coding for this example.
strTimeout = "timeout=" + strTimeoutDuration
subprocess.run(['notepad.exe'], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, strTimeout)

Is this feasible?  Last thing I want is to wait an upper limit of say 15 minutes for all applications when I know it was hanging after 10 seconds of not finishing.

Many thanks,
​​​​​​​J