Re: Spooky actions from a signal handler possible?

[RonW]

Interrupt handlers in Perl are able to modify package variables, so your handler could change a flag. If a designated package variable contains an object reference, then your handler could change the value of a field in that object.

For your situation, may need to use the :perlio layer with the file handles associated with the pipes.

See Perl IPC Signals, including the discussion of Deferred Signals and Interrupting IO

[belg4mit]

Oh believe me, I read and reread perlipc, perldoc -f open, etc. etc. many times to try figure out how to go about this :-P I am using 5.8.0+ with the default :perlio on the handle. Thanks though.