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+Cactus Code Thorn TerminationTrigger
+Author(s)    : Christian D. Ott
+Maintainer(s): Cactus team
+Licence      : LGPL
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+1. Purpose
+
+This thorn watches the elapsed walltime.  If only n minutes are left
+before the some limit set by the user, it triggers termination of the
+simulation.  Termination is also triggered if a special file with a
+special content exists.