pid_t pid;
     pid=fork();
     if (pid == 0)
     {
         //In child
         execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", "/opt/qcom/bin/version.out > /tmp/version", (char *)NULL);
         exit(0);
     }
     else
     {
         // In parent, wait for 1 second
         sleep(1);
         int status;
         if (waitpid(pid, &status, WNOHANG) != pid)
         {
             //kill(pid, SIGTERM); //--> tried this too
             kill(pid, SIGKILL);
         }
         fsmverDir("/tmp/version");
         system("rm /tmp/version");
     }

# ps | grep "version.out|sh"
2012 root         0 Z    [sh]
2013 root     13236 S    /opt/qcom/bin/version.out
2058 root         0 Z    [sh]
2059 root     13236 S    /opt/qcom/bin/version.out
2092 root         0 Z    [sh]
2093 root     13236 S    /opt/qcom/bin/version.out
2100 root      2360 S    grep version.out|sh
#

execlp("timeout","timeout","1","sh","-c","/opt/qcom/bin/version.out > /tmp/version",NULL);