Constant Text Prompt While Looping Another Action?

Vekkai has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hey there! I'm pretty new to Perl, and I am writing something that infinitely loops an action (it recieves my email via POP3.. I already have this part working). Now, what I need to figure out, is how to have a constant text prompt while this loop is running.. I want it to be checking my email but allow me to enter a command whenver I wish.. is this possible? Thanks!

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Re: Constant Text Prompt While Looping Another Action? by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 19, 2005 at 23:08 UTC
Check Term::ReadKey and, in particular, `ReadKey (-1)` to see how to get async characters from the console. DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Constant Text Prompt While Looping Another Action? by PerlingTheUK (Hermit) on Nov 19, 2005 at 22:50 UTC
`fork` will be your friend. Cheers, PerlingTheUK	[reply] [d/l]

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