Hello,

I wrote an script where I wait for events as soon as I'm waiting for messages through the network, any way I do so like this:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use Event;

sub whatever{
     #here I do my staff waiting for messages through the spread toolk
+it
      #Here I could check what time is if N time has passed i could do
+ anything, but i have no way to check it if not any event has hapenne
+d.

}

#here I launch it on event

Event->io(fd => $spread->fd, cb => \&put_output);
Event::loop();

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My main problem is that once I'm inside the sub I can control the time has passed as soon as messages (events are comming, but if i don't received anything I have no way to control if N time has passed.

What I can do to add control time the Event if nothing happens?

In reply to on event but after an interval? by arrrrgv

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