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Jul 27, 1999, 10:35 AM
jpop
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Jul 27, 1999, 10:35 AM
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Does this work??
Does this code work??
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use LWP::Simple;

my $url = "$line";

local $SIG{ALRM} = \&died;
alarm 10;
my $results = get ($url);
alarm 0;
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Jul 27, 1999, 12:10 PM
Alex
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Jul 27, 1999, 12:10 PM
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Not as is no, there is no subroutine &died that should be called if it takes longer then 10 seconds.

You might want to investigate LWP::UserAgent as I think you can specify a timeout variable.

Cheers,

Alex
Jul 27, 1999, 8:49 PM
jpop
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Jul 27, 1999, 8:49 PM
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What is LWP::UserAgent ?
Would you mind to explain more clearly?
Jul 28, 1999, 9:43 AM
Pasha1
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Jul 28, 1999, 9:43 AM
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UserAgent.pm file on your server or on your computer if you have ActiveState installed.

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