Jayakumar Rajagopal wrote: > > From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jayakumar Rajagopal wrote: > > $|=1; > > > > $SIG{INT} = sub { print "tamizh vaazhga\n": }; > > > > $SIG{USR1} = sub { print " vennai\n"; }; > > > > $SIG{TSTP} = sub { print "poda maanga\n"; }; > > > > while(1) > > > > { > > > > print "..."; > > > > `sleep 1`; > > Why are you running an external program to do something that perl > provides a function for? > > perldoc -f sleep > > > } > > > > __END__; > > Sorry for using shell. I am good in shell,
No need to apologize. :-) > but do not know most of > perl. ( O Reilly says you can code perl very well if you know just > 10% of it) Yes, Perl is good that way. > I am a poor person without perldoc. If you have Perl installed on your computer then you should have the documentation installed as well. If not and if you have web access you can use http://perldoc.com/ > Also I am new to perl. > ;-(... Anyway I would try better. John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>