set timeout for a shell command in python

以下就是python调用系统命令设置超时:

1. def TIMEOUT_COMMAND ( command, timeout ) :
2.     "" "call shell-command and either return its output or kill it
3.     if it doesn't normally exit within timeout seconds and return None" ""
4.     import subprocess , datetime , os , time , signal
5.     cmd = command. split ( " " )
6.     start = datetime . datetime . now ( )
7.     process = subprocess . Popen ( cmd , stdout= subprocess . PIPE , stderr= subprocess . PIPE )
8.     while process. poll ( ) is None :
9.         time . sleep ( 0 . 2 )
10.         now = datetime . datetime . now ( )
11.         if ( now - start ) . seconds > timeout:
12.             os . kill ( process. pid , signal . SIGKILL )
13.             os . waitpid ( - 1 , os . WNOHANG )
14.             return None
15.     return process. stdout . readlines ( )
16. print TIMEOUT_COMMAND(['ping','192.168.0.254'], 3)