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Re: Run and Stop another program in perlby dwhite20899 (Friar) |
| on Aug 24, 2010 at 00:45 UTC ( [id://856830]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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My suggestion is to read about the alarm() funtion, although it's different across many Windows platforms.
Effectively, you can set a timer, run program.exe for the amount of time you choose, then the exe will be killed, and your script will continue.
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