Use alarm(1) in repeatedly. Call fail if startup fails.

diff --git a/bridge.tcl b/bridge.tcl
index 1282aed..64d2d5e 100755 (executable)
--- a/bridge.tcl
+++ b/bridge.tcl
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ def_ucmd who {
     return [list $o]
 }
 
-loadhelp
-ensure_connecting
-foreach botid $bots { bnbot_ensure_connecting $botid }
+if {[catch {
+    loadhelp
+    ensure_connecting
+    foreach botid $bots { bnbot_ensure_connecting $botid }
+} emsg]} {
+    fail "startup: $emsg"
+}

diff --git a/repeatedly.sh b/repeatedly.sh
index db6e3ba..4a44447 100755 (executable)
--- a/repeatedly.sh
+++ b/repeatedly.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ cd "`dirname $0`"
 
 while true; do
        date
-       HOME=. tclsh8.2 || true
+       set +e
+       HOME=. alarm 50000 tclsh8.2
+       rc=$?
+       set -e
        date
-       sleep 600
+       test $rc = 142 || sleep 590
+       sleep 10
 done