Continue without waiting for input

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Hello everybody!
I'm really stuck with a problem I can't solve.

I want to do the following

$input = <STDIN>
if no input in x time continue with program

is it possible to do that. I really need an answer quickly! I checked the forums and found this

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=96408&page=641

but it just wouldn't solve my problem.

Thank you,
Tim

 

[KevinADC]

look into alarm()

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