-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

Description: misc X stops after X fields decoded

Docs derived from https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/wesley/wgrib2/limit.html