Thanks for the info.

The hang is caused by the reading of the collection 
$val = Win32::OLE::Enum->All($col) or $ok = 0;

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Here is where the script locks/hangs.

I have tried to eval and alarm. Nothing is breaking
out if the commands hangs. 
    eval 
      {
      local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { warn "ALARM FOR GET EXEC QUERY: \"$quer
+y\" L: \"" . __LINE__ . "\" F: \"" . __FILE__ . "\"\n" }; # NB: \n re
+quired
      alarm 5;
      $val = Win32::OLE::Enum->All($col) or $ok = 0;
      alarm 0;
      };
     if($@) { $ret = $@; print "ERR: \"$ret\"\n";
              $err = 1; $ret = "timeout while QUERY: \"$query\" wmi on
+ machine $host"; return($err, $ret); }

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any suggestions on howto eval/jail this line, then
breakout/throw error in case the time/condition is met?

Only certain machines are causing the hang/lock. Most
of the machines breeze past within 5 seconds.

So iterating 5000 plus machines then hanging on a random
is a PITA.

TIA, Joe

In reply to Re^2: Problem enumerating a foreach loop using Win32::OLE->GetObject by t_rex_joe
in thread Problem enumerating a foreach loop using Win32::OLE->GetObject by t_rex_joe

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