On 2012-07-21 14:50, punit jain wrote:
I have a requirement where I need to run my perl script for x hours
You can let the ALRM-sub simply set a global variable, like $STOP.
Your process should check this before starting a next iteration.
Beware that each child needs its own alarm. The parent won't need one.
for my $step ( @steps ) {
last if $STOP;
...;
}
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Ruud
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