Not really related to your problem, but it hurts my eyes:

Compare your code

eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die("alarm\n") }; alarm 60; &parsePageFunction(); alarm 0; };#eval if($@) { if($@ eq "alarm\n") { print("Webpage Timed Out.\n\n"); }#if else { die($@."\n"); }#else }#if

with properly indented code:

eval { local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die("alarm\n"); }; alarm 60; parsePageFunction(); alarm 0; }; if ($@) { if ($@ eq "alarm\n") { print("Webpage Timed Out.\n\n"); } else { die($@."\n"); } }

It doesn't really matter which indent style you use, but use one, and use it always. There is no perfect indent style, so find the one you like best or use the one that your team uses. (My personal preference bases on 1TBS, with only tabulators used for indent, allowing any indent width by modifying the tabulator width.)

Alexander

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In reply to Re: Perl alarm working intermittently by afoken
in thread Perl alarm working intermittently by DigitalBoB12

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