Date sent: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:00:59 -0500
From: Ian Zapczynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: how to use alarm() to properly time out a connection?
> I need to use alarm to time out a connection to an SFTP server if the
> connection hangs (I was able to reproduce such a hang using the Secure
> Shell Server for Windows, so I thought it would be nice if my script
> assumed this was a possibility).
Is your script running under some Unix or under Windows?
See
perldoc perlport
...
alarm SECONDS
alarm Not implemented. (Win32)
Jenda
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