in reply to RE: Using Alarm to Handle Timing
in thread Using Alarm to Handle Timing

Is it possible to say $SIG{ALRM} = \&wake_up(5) by chance?
No. But you can pass a parameter by creating an anonymous subroutine: 
$SIG{MUND} = sub { &wakeup(5) };

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