Re: Backticks and SIGALRM

I can't reproduce that result. In particular, using the external command

`echo start; sleep 5; echo done`
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I see the expected timeout. With

`echo start; sleep 0; echo done`
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the result is the two echoed lines, again as expected.

Anno

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Re^2: Backticks and SIGALRM by nemo (Sexton) on Aug 20, 2007 at 11:44 UTC
Yes I have tested the alarm code in isolation using an infinite loop and it does work as expected. The alarm timeout works correctly when the external app is executed using "system" but as I need to collect the output I cannot use it. Thank you for your reply. Nemo	[reply]
Re^3: Backticks and SIGALRM by nemo (Sexton) on Aug 20, 2007 at 11:51 UTC
Can I pipe the output of the system command to my own program and read it in line by line. That way getting the best of both?	[reply]
Re^4: Backticks and SIGALRM by Anno (Deacon) on Aug 20, 2007 at 13:18 UTC
Yes, you can pipe the output of the system command to `[your]` own program. In `perldoc -f open`, see the paragraphs following If the filename begins with '\|' ... Anno	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Backticks and SIGALRM by sgt (Deacon) on Aug 20, 2007 at 13:34 UTC
as you are using qx() (which gets the full output anyway) maybe you can simply redirect the output of your external command to a file (using the system shell and process that later `my $cmd = "$ext_cmd > $my_output"; # using unixlike shell system($cmd) == 0 or die; #` [download] (ignore if your OS is not unixlike) what does happen if you manually send SIGALRM to that external process? (wrap it in a shell if the execution time is too short). cheers --stephan	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Backticks and SIGALRM by Anno (Deacon) on Aug 20, 2007 at 13:12 UTC
When did `system()` enter the equation? I tested your code using backticks and it works as expected. Anno	[reply] [d/l]