[Israel.pm] alarm

[Tal Kelrich]

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 13:12:10 +0200
Yossi.Itzkovich at ecitele.com wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Why I never get the alarmHandler called even though time is out ?


>              my $tail=File::Tail->new(name=>$file, interval=>1);

File::Tail uses sleep calls when interval>0 , those do not mix well with alarm.
you might want to use File::Tail's builtin select instead.

	Tal



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