I have a script where I am sending some data over a socket, but after X seconds I want the operation to time out. I am currently using alarm to enforce the timeout, but I don't want the script to die. I want a way to be able to gracefully move onto a different part of the script or return some value.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
What you need to do is catch the signal: perldoc perlipc
Daniel T. Staal
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