Perl executing a command (on UNIX)

[gil]

Hi,

I'm new at perl programming,
I'd like to execute a UNIX command, which takes no longer than
$time_out seconds.
Is there any easy way to do it, or do I have to use SIGs?

Thans!

 

[xhoster]

Hi,

I'm new at perl programming,
I'd like to execute a UNIX command, which takes no longer than
$time_out seconds.

What do you want to happen when the $time_out seconds has expired?

Is there any easy way to do it, or do I have to use SIGs?

IPC::Run might be useful. It also might be overkill for a simple timeout,
though. But probably easier than handling it all yourself with fork
and alarm and kill and whatnot.

Xho

 

[Martijn Lievaart]

IPC::Run might be useful. It also might be overkill for a simple
timeout, though. But probably easier than handling it all yourself with
fork and alarm and kill and whatnot.

Ah thanks for the pointer! That does exactly what I had written myself,
but does it (naturally) better.

M4

 

[gil]

What do you want to happen when the $time_out seconds has expired?


IPC::Run might be useful. It also might be overkill for a simple timeout,
though. But probably easier than handling it all yourself with fork
and alarm and kill and whatnot.

Xho

Thanks! exactly what I was looking for (just want the execution to
terminate).

Gil