hey guys i need help

i am running a perl script on a unix/linux dev box. where i need the script to send a command and if its taking too much time for the command to be be completed i want it to report an error and post on the error log.



$pull_cmd = "expect ssh.exp sid\@".$ipaddress." \"scp root\@comp2:/tmp
+/10mbfile /tmp/\" perlassasin27";}
                        my $timer=0;
                        while((@returned_lines)=` $pull_cmd`)
                        {
                                $timer++;
                                print "TIME:$timer\n";                
+                  #debug message
                                my $filesize = $bs * $count;
                                my $timeout=((0.000012968376*$size)-1.
+0862736)*2;

                                if ($timer>$timeout)
                                {
                                        open(ERROR_LOG,">ErrorLog-$Opt
+ions{device}.log");
                                        print ERROR_LOG "THE File is t
+aking too long to transfer than anticipated. Check Connection.";
                                        close(ERROR_LOG);
                                        print "ERROR. check log for mo
+re details.\n";
                                        exit(1);
                                }
                        }
                                my $size = $bs * $count;
                                my $timeout=((0.000012968376*$size)-1.
+0862736)*2;

                        print "this is file size:$size\nthis is timeou
+t time in sec: $timeout\n";               #debug Message

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well i know i made a mistake in the while statement as it does the thing again and again until it doesnt exit.bt i want it to run the pullcmd statement and then exit if its pass d timeout and i cant think of any other way

In reply to killing command if it takes too much time by perlassassin27

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