Hello all- I have been using Net::FTP and Net::SFTP in a script that needs to keep running even when connection failures/timeouts/bad ip's are the case--but alas, Net::SFTP, for example, appears to die (and thus kill my script) whenever it fails to connect due to a timeout or a bad id/pass. I have tried a workaround like this, catching the DIE signal: 
$SIG{__DIE__} = sub {
        if (!ref($_[0])) {
                $err = join('', @_);
        }
        print "error $err\n";
};

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However, while the code above does execute, so I know the signal's been caught, the script still dies anyway. I also tried placing the code that uses the modules in an eval(), based on something else I read, but I get the same result. What can I do to keep my script running even when a module it uses wants to die? Thanks in advance, and sorry if I am missing an obvious answer (or am otherwise doing something obviously wrong). James

In reply to How do I avoid a die generated by a module? by Anonymous Monk

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