[systemd-devel] Fwd: Stopping a service at a specific time or after a specific duration

[Tomasz Torcz]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 01:52:39PM +0100, Jamie Kitson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to start and stop a systemd.service at specific times. Presumably
> I will use a .timer unit to start the job, but is there a built in way
> to stop the job after a specific duration, or at a specific time, or do
> I have to create a second .timer unit that execs the stop? What is the
> standard/"correct" way to do this?

  For stopping after a duration you can use RuntimeMaxSec=, introduced in v229. 

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