Hi guys, Suppose I have a Perl script (called from a crontab file) that will, basically, do something like this:
$out=`lynx -dump http://lists.cpan.org/showlist.cgi?name=beginners`; open(OUT,">out"); print OUT $out; close(OUT); $send_it=`mail me\@here.com<out`; OK, here comes the problem. What if the web page is down? lynx will keep trying for a while until it gives up or something. Is it possible to impose a time limit, like: execute $out, wait for 45 seconds, if there was no response (lynx did not dump), exit(0); I'll appreciate your help. cheers, A -- BEST WISHES, Alberto MMM \|/ www __^__ (o o) @ @ (O-O) /(o o)\ +-----ooO-(_)-Ooo---oOO-(_)-OOo---oOO--(_)--OOo---oOO==(_)==OOo-----+ | Alberto Santana | | Ph.D. Student Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of Florida Phone: (352) 392-3010 | | Quantum Theory Project Home: (352) 379-9938 | | 2301 NPB # 92, P.O. Box 118435 Fax: (352) 392-8722 | | Gainesville, Fl 32611-8435 http://www.qtp.ufl.edu/~santana | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ Powered by SuSE Linux 7.1 (http://www.suse.com) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
