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Document how to use $SIG{ALRM} and alarm()
authorRoderick Schertler <roderick@ibcinc.com>
Tue, 26 Nov 1996 16:42:49 +0000 (11:42 -0500)
committerChip Salzenberg <chip@atlantic.net>
Fri, 29 Nov 1996 17:31:00 +0000 (05:31 +1200)
commit5fa5e7dfc2abaaadd377c97cd1ebe78ea844da88
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Document how to use $SIG{ALRM} and alarm()

Subject: Re: reliable signal patch (was Re: Reliable signals)

On Tue, 26 Nov 1996 11:14:03 -0500 (EST), Kenneth Albanowski <kjahds@kjahds.com> said:
>
> Thus with restarting being the default, you can restart, if you want,
> by returning normally from the signal handler, or interrupt by dying.

Thanks, now I get it.  This is even inferred in perlipc(1).  Here's some
more explicit documentation.

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