* mentioned that alarm() may not be implemented on some Windows platforms or versions of Perl for Windows.
Index: perlfaq8.pod =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/public/perlfaq/perlfaq8.pod,v retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -d -r1.9 perlfaq8.pod --- perlfaq8.pod 21 Jun 2002 04:33:43 -0000 1.9 +++ perlfaq8.pod 21 Jun 2002 04:56:51 -0000 @@ -945,6 +1012,9 @@ ``Signals'' in the Camel. You may instead use the more flexible Sys::AlarmCall module available from CPAN. +The alarm() function is not implemented on all versions of Windows. +Check your documentation for your specific version of Perl. + =head2 How do I set CPU limits? Use the BSD::Resource module from CPAN.
