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wgrib2: -limit

Introduction

The -limit option stops the processing of the grib file after N messages/submessages have been decoded. The purpose of this function to limit amount of CPU time that a web server may devote to an individual request.

The newer -alarm option is better suited for stopping jobs web jobs.

Usage

-limit N    where N is an integer.
See also: -quit, -alarm

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