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system_timeout.rb
require 'system_timer'
host = '1.2.3.4'
SystemTimer.timeout(1) do
begin
result = `psql -h #{host} -c 'select 1'`
puts "server is up"
rescue Timeout::Error
puts "server is down"
end
end
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