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How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to complete?by faq_monk (Initiate) |
| on Oct 08, 1999 at 00:29 UTC ( [id://740]=perlfaq nodetype: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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Current Perl documentation can be found at perldoc.perl.org. Here is our local, out-dated (pre-5.6) version: Assuming your system supports such things, just send an appropriate signal to the process (see kill. It's common to first send a TERM signal, wait a little bit, and then send a KILL signal to finish it off.
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