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Re: Re: Time-limited input on STDINby bobn (Chaplain) |
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You should use alarm(0) after the entry of data to turn off the alarm. Ottherwise, your program will be alarm'd even though you entered text in the allowed amount of time. See perldoc -f alarm for details. --Bob Niederman, http://bob-n.com
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