use strict; use warnings; use MCE::Loop chunk_size => 1, max_workers => 8; my @servers = ('a'..'z'); my $timeout = 10; my $user = "foo"; my $file = "/tmp/hello.txt"; my $rpath = "/tmp"; my $fname = "hello.txt"; mce_loop { my $server = $_; MCE->say("child process running, with a key of $server ($$)"); eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { alarm 0; die "alarm\n" }; alarm $timeout; my $rc = system("scp -p $file $user\@$server:$rpath/$fname"); }; alarm 0; } @servers;