Juban, Nix said: > ok, i tried in UNIX and got no more errors but it doesnt expire after 30 > seconds as expected.
By whom ;-) > ##!/usr/intel/bin/perl -w > use strict; > use warnings; > > my $time_to_die=0; > my $timeout=30; #in seconds > my @e=qw(| \ - /); > $SIG{ALRM} = sub { $time_to_die=1; }; > > alarm($timeout); > while(!$time_to_die) > > { > while (1) Are you sure you want this infinite loop here? > { foreach (@e) > { > print $_."\b"; > } > } > } -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]