I see what I did wrong..... THANKS. This seems to work. 

while (my $line = <$sock>) 
    {
    if ($line =~ m/^(ALARM: )/) 
        {
        timeout $nb_secs => sub 
        {
        while (2) 
            {
            $buf .= $sock->getline();
            $sock->flush();
            }
        };
        if ($@)
            {
            my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
                        .......  
                Type     =>'TEXT',
                Data     =>$buf ,
            );
                $msg->send();
            print $file $buf;
                $line = "";
                $buf = "";
            }
            }    
    print $file $line; #Print current line to open $file.
    }
}
sleep 10; # allow sometime to exit
close $file;

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In reply to Re^2: Timeout not working while reading from socket. by jrtaylor
in thread Timeout not working while reading from socket. by jrtaylor

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