Re: Perl executing a command (on UNIX)

On Aug 14, 7:20 am, xhos...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
gil <gil.kov...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I'm new at perl programming,
I'd like to execute a UNIX command, which takes no longer than
$time_out seconds.

What do you want to happen when the $time_out seconds has expired?

Is there any easy way to do it, or do I have to use SIGs?

IPC::Run might be useful. It also might be overkill for a simple timeout,
though. But probably easier than handling it all yourself with fork
and alarm and kill and whatnot.

Xho

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Thanks! exactly what I was looking for (just want the execution to
terminate).

Gil

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