System-Timeout version 0.02 =========================== DESCRIPTION This module extends system() to allow timeout after the specified seconds. This also include a cli tool "timeout" which can be easily used to force command exit after specified seconds. This module is based on core function fork(), exec(), sleep(). These can be useful when invoking system() in daemon. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires no other modules or libraries. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2011 by ChenGang This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.