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From: weisberg@hpccc.HP.COM (Len Weisberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: time-limit on a <STDIN> ?
Message-ID: <12170009@hpccc.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Aug 90 01:00:03 GMT
Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services
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Any ideas on how to set a time-limit on a <STDIN> ?
If no input is received after a second or so, the program should 
continue to a graceful exit.

Thanks,

- Len Weisberg - HP Corp Computing & Services - weisberg@corp.HP.COM