Just a minor nitpick - I think it's a little rash to assert that "it works fine (5.8.3 in Windows 2000) here".
The alarm() documentation states that "Each call disables the previous timer, and an argument of 0 may be supplied to cancel the previous timer without starting a new one. The returned value is the amount of time remaining on the previous timer".
I've never been able to get a return value of anything other than '0' on Windows 2000 - though I agree that, as a timeout mechanism, it can work fine. (Of course, if you're finding that alarm() is fully functional, then it's me that's being a "little rash" :-)

One other thought is that you might get better mileage from Win32::Process's Kill() method.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: alarm() on windows 2003, overview by syphilis
in thread alarm() on windows 2003, overview by bonjedward

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