[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I hear that Win32 cann't use "alarm" for a timeout. > The sample code in Camel book or Cookbook is not valid > on Win32. Is this true even now? > > I must execute some external command by @rc = `SOME.exe`, > which may hung sometimes. > These are SQLPLUS and FTP and any with -B(atch) option. > Sometimes I can do by DBI and Net::FTP and... but sometimes > I don't have a work-around. > > Any idea?
`` is blocking, so maybe use Win32::Process and time it with Time::HiRes. You may need to redirect the output to a file. _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list Perl-Win32-Users@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
