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sig alarm
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| eval { | |
| local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "timed out" }; | |
| alarm 5; # 5 seconds | |
| # do something | |
| alarm 0; # Clears alarm. | |
| }; | |
| alarm 0; | |
| if( $@ and $@ =~ /timed out/) { | |
| # there was an error # | |
| } |
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