Re: timed window

[mickeyn]

in reply to timed window

You can use:

$SIG{ALRM} = { ... code to execute on time-out ... };
alarm 30; # will wait 30 secs before calling your time-out code
... regular code ...
alarm 0; # set this if ok to neutralize the alarm

this is only good if the alarms are not nested.

Enjoy,
Mickey