I suggest using fork() and kill(). Check out perldoc for more info about this.



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From: Ringo Harmsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Run proces i the background from a running perl script.
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 16:04:48 +0100

Hello All !

I want to run a proces in the background and then let perl take a look if
it takes more then say 1 min, and if so kill it.

I've tried to`find / -name \\* &` but it does not seem to work...

I have read something about threads, but why does the above not work.

Thanks for any help.

Ring-O.


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