Timing out without alarm function

[Sam Masiello]

Hi all!

I am new to the list, and have a question which I hope isn't too
difficult to answer.

I have a script where I am sending some data over a socket, but after X
seconds I want the operation to time out. I am currently using alarm to
enforce the timeout, but I don't want the script to die. I want a way
to be able to gracefully move onto a different part of the script or
return some value.

I am using a timeout value when creating the socket, but this timeout is
not enforced once the socket connection has been established and
back-and-forth communication is occurring. I am trying to allot for a
hang in the middle of the connection.

Thank you in advance for any suggestions!

--Sam

[Daniel Staal]

--As off Tuesday, February 3, 2004 10:09 AM -0700, Sam Masiello is
alleged to have said:

> I have a script where I am sending some data over a socket, but
> after X seconds I want the operation to time out. I am currently
> using alarm to enforce the timeout, but I don't want the script to
> die. I want a way to be able to gracefully move onto a different
> part of the script or return some value.

--As for the rest, it is mine.

What you need to do is catch the signal: perldoc perlipc

Daniel T. Staal

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[Sam Masiello]

Thank you very much, Daniel!

--Sam



Daniel Staal wrote:

> --As off Tuesday, February 3, 2004 10:09 AM -0700, Sam Masiello is
> alleged to have said:
>

>> I have a script where I am sending some data over a socket, but after
>> X seconds I want the operation to time out. I am currently using
>> alarm to enforce the timeout, but I don't want the script to die. I
>> want a way to be able to gracefully move onto a different part of the
>> script or return some value.

>
> --As for the rest, it is mine.
>
> What you need to do is catch the signal: perldoc perlipc
>
> Daniel T. Staal
>
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