Re: "Alarm clock" termination

Something in your code (or in a module you use) is calling the alarm() function without setting an alarm signal handler:

$ perl587 -we'alarm(1); 1 while 1'
Alarm clock
$
$ perl587 -we'$SIG{ALRM}="IGNORE";alarm(1); 1 while 1'
(hangs indefinitey)
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Dave.

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Re^2: "Alarm clock" termination by nyk (Novice) on Oct 13, 2005 at 12:39 UTC
Thanks a lot for the info, I'll of course try to ignore the signal and hope my program wont hang also instead. :) But what could be a cause for the alarm signal?	[reply]
Re^3: "Alarm clock" termination by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Oct 13, 2005 at 12:59 UTC
But what could be a cause for the alarm signal? To repeat what I just said: Something in your code (or in a module you use) is calling the alarm() function. This function sets up a condition whereby after the number of seconds specified, an ALRM signal is sent to the process. Dave.	[reply]