About the Execution of ITS-Tools for DES-PT-00a
| Execution Summary | |||||
| Max Memory Used (MB) |
Time wait (ms) | CPU Usage (ms) | I/O Wait (ms) | Computed Result | Execution Status |
| 289.848 | 5608.00 | 13557.00 | 123.50 | TTTFTTFTFTTTFTTF | normal |
Execution Chart
We display below the execution chart for this examination (boot time has been removed).

Trace from the execution
Formatting '/data/fkordon/mcc2026-input.r082-smll-177946993700302.qcow2', fmt=qcow2 size=4294967296 backing_file=/data/fkordon/mcc2026-input.qcow2 backing_fmt=qcow2 cluster_size=65536 lazy_refcounts=off refcount_bits=16
Waiting for the VM to be ready (probing ssh)
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Generated by BenchKit 2-5973
Executing tool itstools
Input is DES-PT-00a, examination is ReachabilityCardinality
Time confinement is 3600 seconds
Memory confinement is 16384 MBytes
Number of cores is 4
Run identifier is r082-smll-177946993700302
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preparation of the directory to be used:
/home/mcc/execution
total 464K
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 7.0K Mar 6 18:27 CTLCardinality.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 81K Mar 6 18:27 CTLCardinality.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 5.5K Mar 6 18:26 CTLFireability.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 52K Mar 6 18:26 CTLFireability.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 4.2K Mar 3 18:30 GenericPropertiesDefinition.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 6.6K Mar 3 18:30 GenericPropertiesVerdict.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 3.8K Mar 15 08:53 LTLCardinality.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 29K Mar 15 08:53 LTLCardinality.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 2.0K Mar 15 08:54 LTLFireability.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 17K Mar 15 08:54 LTLFireability.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 6.9K Mar 6 18:27 ReachabilityCardinality.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 67K Mar 6 18:27 ReachabilityCardinality.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 10K Mar 6 18:27 ReachabilityFireability.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 94K Mar 6 18:27 ReachabilityFireability.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 1.5K Mar 15 08:54 UpperBounds.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 3.5K Mar 15 08:54 UpperBounds.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 6 Mar 3 18:30 equiv_col
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 4 Mar 3 18:30 instance
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 6 Mar 3 18:30 iscolored
-rw-r--r-- 1 mcc users 31K Mar 3 18:30 model.pnml
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content from stdout:
=== Data for post analysis generated by BenchKit (invocation template)
The expected result is a vector of booleans
BOOL_VECTOR
echo here is the order used to build the result vector(from xml file)
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-00
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-01
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-02
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-03
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-04
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-05
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-06
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-07
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-08
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-09
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-10
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-11
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-12
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-13
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-14
FORMULA_NAME DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-15
=== Now, execution of the tool begins
BK_START 1779644036123
Invoking MCC driver with
BK_TOOL=itstools
BK_EXAMINATION=ReachabilityCardinality
BK_BIN_PATH=/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin/
BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT=3600
BK_INPUT=DES-PT-00a
BK_MEMORY_CONFINEMENT=16384
Not applying reductions.
Model is PT
ReachabilityCardinality PT
Running Version 202604301425
[2026-05-24 17:33:58] [INFO ] Running its-tools with arguments : [-pnfolder, /home/mcc/execution, -examination, ReachabilityCardinality, -its, -ltsmin, -greatspnpath, /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//greatspn/, -order, META, -manyOrder, -smt, -timeout, 3600]
[2026-05-24 17:33:58] [INFO ] Parsing pnml file : /home/mcc/execution/model.pnml
[2026-05-24 17:33:58] [INFO ] Load time of PNML (sax parser for PT used): 129 ms
[2026-05-24 17:33:58] [INFO ] Transformed 115 places.
[2026-05-24 17:33:58] [INFO ] Transformed 76 transitions.
[2026-05-24 17:33:58] [INFO ] Found NUPN structural information;
[2026-05-24 17:33:58] [INFO ] Parsed PT model containing 115 places and 76 transitions and 373 arcs in 357 ms.
Parsed 16 properties from file /home/mcc/execution/ReachabilityCardinality.xml in 33 ms.
Working with output stream class java.io.PrintStream
Ensure Unique test removed 14 transitions
Reduce redundant transitions removed 14 transitions.
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-00 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL INITIAL_STATE
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-04 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL INITIAL_STATE
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-08 FALSE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL INITIAL_STATE
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-10 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL INITIAL_STATE
RANDOM walk for 40000 steps (885 resets) in 1797 ms. (22 steps per ms) remains 1/12 properties
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-14 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-13 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-12 FALSE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-11 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-09 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-07 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-06 FALSE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-05 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-03 FALSE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-02 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-01 TRUE TECHNIQUES TOPOLOGICAL RANDOM_WALK
[2026-05-24 17:33:59] [INFO ] Flatten gal took : 79 ms
[2026-05-24 17:33:59] [INFO ] Flatten gal took : 28 ms
[2026-05-24 17:33:59] [INFO ] Time to serialize gal into /tmp/ReachabilityCardinality17796377472905529486.gal : 19 ms
[2026-05-24 17:33:59] [INFO ] Time to serialize properties into /tmp/ReachabilityCardinality10641090993633943116.prop : 13 ms
Invoking ITS tools like this :cd /home/mcc/execution;'/home/mcc/BenchKit/itstools/itstools/plugins/fr.lip6.move.gal.itstools.binaries_1.0.0.202604301425/bin/its-reach-linux64' '--gc-threshold' '2000000' '--quiet' '-i' '/tmp/ReachabilityCardinality17796377472905529486.gal' '-t' 'CGAL' '-reachable-file' '/tmp/ReachabilityCardinality10641090993633943116.prop' '--nowitness' '--gen-order' 'FOLLOW'
BEST_FIRST walk for 40004 steps (159 resets) in 615 ms. (64 steps per ms) remains 1/1 properties
its-reach command run as :
/home/mcc/BenchKit/itstools/itstools/plugins/fr.lip6.move.gal.itstools.binaries_1.0.0.202604301425/bin/its-reach-linux64 --gc-threshold 2000000 --quiet ...330
Loading property file /tmp/ReachabilityCardinality10641090993633943116.prop.
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 4
SDD size :1 after 5
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 8
SDD size :5 after 21
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 16
SDD size :21 after 113
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 32
SDD size :113 after 163
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 64
SDD size :163 after 1229
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 128
SDD size :1229 after 1875
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 256
SDD size :1875 after 6885
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 512
SDD size :6885 after 9693
Running PetriSpot : '/home/mcc/BenchKit/itstools/itstools/plugins/fr.lip6.petrispot.binaries_1.0.0.202604301425/bin/petri64' '--loadKERS=/tmp/petrispot-input-646683788402150871.kers' '--Pflows' '--basisKERS=/tmp/petrispot-output-8021036401935478987.kers'
[2026-05-24 17:34:00] [INFO ] Running PetriSpot with arguments : [--loadKERS=/tmp/petrispot-input-646683788402150871.kers, --Pflows, --basisKERS=/tmp/petrispot-output-8021036401935478987.kers]
Culling duplicate invariants (modulo rational): removing 1 columns.
Culled 1 columns in 0 ms.
// Phase 1: matrix 62 rows 114 cols 306 entries
Finished phase 1 with 20 SingleSign rule and 38 generalized
[2026-05-24 17:34:00] [INFO ] Computed 57 invariants in 1 ms
Computed 57 P flows in 5 ms.
Exported basis to /tmp/petrispot-output-8021036401935478987.kers
Total runtime 5 ms.
[2026-05-24 17:34:00] [INFO ] State equation strengthened by 1 read => feed constraints.
SDD proceeding with computation,1 properties remain. new max is 1024
SDD size :9693 after 43683
All remaining problems are real, not stopping.
At refinement iteration 0 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/9 variables, 9/9 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 1 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/9 variables, 0/9 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 2 (OVERLAPS) 12/21 variables, 5/14 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 3 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/21 variables, 12/26 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 4 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/21 variables, 0/26 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 5 (OVERLAPS) 66/87 variables, 32/58 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 6 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/87 variables, 66/124 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 7 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/87 variables, 2/126 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 8 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/87 variables, 0/126 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 9 (OVERLAPS) 21/108 variables, 17/143 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 10 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/108 variables, 21/164 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 11 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/108 variables, 0/164 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 12 (OVERLAPS) 60/168 variables, 108/272 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 13 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/168 variables, 1/273 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 14 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/168 variables, 0/273 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 15 (OVERLAPS) 9/177 variables, 7/280 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 16 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/177 variables, 7/287 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 17 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/177 variables, 1/288 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 18 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/177 variables, 0/288 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 19 (OVERLAPS) 0/177 variables, 0/288 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
No progress, stopping.
After SMT solving in domain Real declared 177/177 variables, and 288 constraints, problems are : Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved in 737 ms.
Refiners :[Domain max(s): 115/115 constraints, Positive P Invariants (semi-flows): 37/37 constraints, Generalized P Invariants (flows): 20/20 constraints, State Equation: 115/115 constraints, ReadFeed: 1/1 constraints, PredecessorRefiner: 1/1 constraints, Known Traps: 0/0 constraints, Known Traps Along Path: 0/0 constraints]
Escalating to Integer solving :Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 0 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/9 variables, 9/9 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 1 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/9 variables, 0/9 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 2 (OVERLAPS) 12/21 variables, 5/14 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 3 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/21 variables, 12/26 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 4 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/21 variables, 0/26 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 5 (OVERLAPS) 66/87 variables, 32/58 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 6 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/87 variables, 66/124 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 7 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/87 variables, 2/126 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 8 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/87 variables, 0/126 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 9 (OVERLAPS) 21/108 variables, 17/143 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 10 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/108 variables, 21/164 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 11 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/108 variables, 0/164 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 12 (OVERLAPS) 60/168 variables, 108/272 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 13 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/168 variables, 1/273 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 14 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/168 variables, 0/273 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 15 (OVERLAPS) 9/177 variables, 7/280 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 16 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/177 variables, 7/287 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 17 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/177 variables, 1/288 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 18 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/177 variables, 1/289 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 19 (INCLUDED_ONLY) 0/177 variables, 0/289 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
At refinement iteration 20 (OVERLAPS) 0/177 variables, 0/289 constraints. Problems are: Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
No progress, stopping.
After SMT solving in domain Int declared 177/177 variables, and 289 constraints, problems are : Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved in 757 ms.
Refiners :[Domain max(s): 115/115 constraints, Positive P Invariants (semi-flows): 37/37 constraints, Generalized P Invariants (flows): 20/20 constraints, State Equation: 115/115 constraints, ReadFeed: 1/1 constraints, PredecessorRefiner: 1/1 constraints, Known Traps: 0/0 constraints, Known Traps Along Path: 0/0 constraints]
After SMT, in 1619ms problems are : Problem set: 0 solved, 1 unsolved
Finished Parikh walk after 102 steps, including 1 resets, run visited all 1 properties in 4 ms. (steps per millisecond=25 )
FORMULA DES-PT-00a-ReachabilityCardinality-2024-15 FALSE TECHNIQUES PARIKH_WALK
Parikh walk visited 1 properties in 15 ms.
ITS runner timed out or was interrupted.
ITS tools runner thread asked to quit. Dying gracefully.
All properties solved without resorting to model-checking.
Total runtime 3175 ms.
BK_STOP 1779644041731
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content from stderr:
+ export BINDIR=/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//../
+ BINDIR=/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//../
++ pwd
+ export MODEL=/home/mcc/execution
+ MODEL=/home/mcc/execution
+ [[ ReachabilityCardinality = StateSpace ]]
+ /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//runeclipse.sh /home/mcc/execution ReachabilityCardinality -its -ltsmin -greatspnpath /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//greatspn/ -order META -manyOrder -smt -timeout 3600
+ ulimit -s 65536
+ [[ -z '' ]]
+ export LTSMIN_MEM_SIZE=8589934592
+ LTSMIN_MEM_SIZE=8589934592
++ sed s/.jar//
++ perl -pe 's/.*\.//g'
++ ls /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//itstools/plugins/fr.lip6.move.gal.application.pnmcc_1.0.0.202604301425.jar
+ VERSION=202604301425
+ echo 'Running Version 202604301425'
+ /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//itstools/its-tools -pnfolder /home/mcc/execution -examination ReachabilityCardinality -its -ltsmin -greatspnpath /home/mcc/BenchKit/bin//../itstools/bin//..//greatspn/ -order META -manyOrder -smt -timeout 3600
Sequence of Actions to be Executed by the VM
This is useful if one wants to reexecute the tool in the VM from the submitted image disk.
set -x
# this is for BenchKit: configuration of major elements for the test
export BK_INPUT="DES-PT-00a"
export BK_EXAMINATION="ReachabilityCardinality"
export BK_TOOL="itstools"
export BK_RESULT_DIR="/tmp/BK_RESULTS/OUTPUTS"
export BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT="3600"
export BK_MEMORY_CONFINEMENT="16384"
export BK_BIN_PATH="/home/mcc/BenchKit/bin/"
# this is specific to your benchmark or test
export BIN_DIR="$HOME/BenchKit/bin"
# remove the execution directoty if it exists (to avoid increse of .vmdk images)
if [ -d execution ] ; then
rm -rf execution
fi
# this is for BenchKit: explicit launching of the test
echo "====================================================================="
echo " Generated by BenchKit 2-5973"
echo " Executing tool itstools"
echo " Input is DES-PT-00a, examination is ReachabilityCardinality"
echo " Time confinement is $BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT seconds"
echo " Memory confinement is 16384 MBytes"
echo " Number of cores is 4"
echo " Run identifier is r082-smll-177946993700302"
echo "====================================================================="
echo
echo "--------------------"
echo "preparation of the directory to be used:"
tar xzf /home/mcc/BenchKit/INPUTS/DES-PT-00a.tgz
mv DES-PT-00a execution
cd execution
if [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "ReachabilityDeadlock" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "UpperBounds" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "QuasiLiveness" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "StableMarking" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "Liveness" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "OneSafe" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "StateSpace" ]; then
rm -f GenericPropertiesVerdict.xml
fi
pwd
ls -lh
echo
echo "--------------------"
echo "content from stdout:"
echo
echo "=== Data for post analysis generated by BenchKit (invocation template)"
echo
if [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "UpperBounds" ] ; then
echo "The expected result is a vector of positive values"
echo NUM_VECTOR
elif [ "ReachabilityCardinality" != "StateSpace" ] ; then
echo "The expected result is a vector of booleans"
echo BOOL_VECTOR
else
echo "no data necessary for post analysis"
fi
echo
if [ -f "ReachabilityCardinality.xml" ] ; then # for cunf (txt files deleted;-)
echo echo "here is the order used to build the result vector(from xml file)"
for x in $(grep '
echo "FORMULA_NAME $x"
done
elif [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "ReachabilityDeadlock" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "QuasiLiveness" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "StableMarking" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "Liveness" ] || [ "ReachabilityCardinality" = "OneSafe" ] ; then
echo "FORMULA_NAME ReachabilityCardinality"
fi
echo
echo "=== Now, execution of the tool begins"
echo
echo -n "BK_START "
date -u +%s%3N
echo
timeout -s 9 $BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT bash -c "/home/mcc/BenchKit/BenchKit_head.sh 2> STDERR ; echo ; echo -n \"BK_STOP \" ; date -u +%s%3N"
if [ $? -eq 137 ] ; then
echo
echo "BK_TIME_CONFINEMENT_REACHED"
fi
echo
echo "--------------------"
echo "content from stderr:"
echo
cat STDERR ;
