[ale] Question for perl gurus

[Jerry Z. Yu]

	Proc::Background  module is a better one.
------------- quotes from its man page -------------------
NAME
     Proc::Background - Generic interface to Unix and Win32
     background process management

SYNOPSIS
         use Proc::Background;
         timeout_system($seconds, $command, $arg1);
         timeout_system($seconds, "$command $arg1");
         my $proc1 = Proc::Background->new($command, $arg1, $arg2);
         my $proc2 = Proc::Background->new("$command $arg1 1>&2");
         $proc1->alive;
         $proc1->die;
         $proc1->wait;
         my $time1 = $proc1->start_time;
         my $time2 = $proc1->end_time;


On 5 Mar 2003, Fletch wrote:

#
#This is going to sound strange from me, but rather than doing it in
#perl look for the expect timed-run utility.
#
#
#Not that you couldn't do it in perl.  If you want to go that route
#look for the IPC::Run module from CPAN, and read perldoc perlipc for
#how to use alarm().
#
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