In my current script, I'm polling machines for data, mostly by using rsh and the backtick. For example:
my $retVal = `rsh $hostname -l root "/usr/local/blah"`; I'd like the backticks to timeout at 30 seconds, to prevent getting stuck. I already added a ping test before the call, but some pinged hosts get stuck waiting at the rsh call anyway. Can I do this with the backticks or do I need a different command here? Thanks, Matthew -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
