Lenny is dead.

Install the timeout tool:

$ sudo apt-get install timeout     # Lenny

$ sudo apt-get install coreutils   # Squeeze

$ sudo apt-get install coreutils

Add crontab entries to start the regular requests.

Note that the syntax of the timeout script in Lenny is different from the

one in Squeeze.  When in doubt, look up the correct syntax in the man

page.  For the timeout script contained in Lenny, the crontab entries

would be as follows (line breaks are only for formatting purposes here):

$ crontab -e

*/5 * * * * timeout -2 295 ~/torperf/trivsocks-client

  torperf.torproject.org 127.0.0.1:9020 /.50kbfile >> ~/torperf/50kb.data

  2>/dev/null

2,32 * * * * timeout -2 1795 ~/torperf/trivsocks-client

  torperf.torproject.org 127.0.0.1:9021 /.1mbfile >> ~/torperf/1mb.data

  2>/dev/null

8 * * * * timeout -2 3595 ~/torperf/trivsocks-client

  torperf.torproject.org 127.0.0.1:9022 /.5mbfile >> ~/torperf/5mb.data

  2>/dev/null

For the timeout script in Squeeze, use the following crontab entries (the

only difference is that the first command-line argument is "-s2" instead

of "-2"; again, line breaks for formatting purposes only):

Add crontab entries to start the regular requests (line breaks are only

for formatting purposes here):

$ crontab -e