Allo all, I am attempting to check if certain specified ports are listening via TCP... This is how i check.. I notice that if the IP is not up, then the socket call will keep trying for "EVER" .. even with the eval ALARM set... What else can I do to timeout the socket connection event? 
sub opensock {
    my $addr = $_[0];
    my $port = $_[1];
    my $sock;
    my $status = 0;

        $SIG{ALRM} = sub {die "$port timed out\n"};
        eval {
                alarm(2);
                $sock = new IO::Socket::INET (
                                 PeerAddr => $addr,
                                 PeerPort => $port,
                                 Proto => 'tcp', undef );
                alarm (0);
        };

       if ($sock) {
            $status=1;
            close($sock);
        }

        undef $sock;

        return $status;
}

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In reply to IO::Socket Connection Timeout lasts forever by Anonymous Monk

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