Thanks... I obviously got my metaphors mixed. All is well and the quest continues...
Clarification for my enlightenment. The fore part of the statement
my $no_error = my ($r_ready, $w_ready, $e_ready) =
    IO::Select->select($sel, undef, undef, 2.2);

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sets $no_error true if any of the element in the list are defined. And in the case of the TIMEOUT, they will always all be undefined?

It is always better to have seen your target for yourself, rather than depend upon someone else's description.

In reply to Re: timeouts and errors with IO::Select:: and CORE:: select (was Re: Msg.pm extended with "workproc". IO::Select docs) by Wiggins
in thread Msg.pm extended with "workproc". IO::Select docs by Wiggins

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