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#!./perl 

BEGIN {
    chdir 't';
    @INC = '../lib';
    require './test.pl';
}

BEGIN {
    use Config;
    if( !$Config{d_alarm} ) {
        skip_all("alarm() not implemented on this platform");
    }
}

plan tests => 4;
my $Perl = which_perl();

my $start_time = time;
eval {
    local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "ALARM!\n" };
    alarm 3;

    # perlfunc recommends against using sleep in combination with alarm.
    1 while (time - $start_time < 6);
};
alarm 0;
my $diff = time - $start_time;

# alarm time might be one second less than you said.
is( $@, "ALARM!\n",             'alarm w/$SIG{ALRM} vs inf loop' );
ok( abs($diff - 3) <= 1,   "   right time" );


my $start_time = time;
eval {
    local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "ALARM!\n" };
    alarm 3;
    system(qq{$Perl -e "sleep 6"});
};
alarm 0;
$diff = time - $start_time;

# alarm time might be one second less than you said.
is( $@, "ALARM!\n",             'alarm w/$SIG{ALRM} vs system()' );

{
    local $TODO = 'Why does system() block alarm() on VMS?' if $^O eq 'VMS';
    ok( abs($diff - 3) <= 1,   "   right time (waited $diff secs for 3-sec alarm)" );
}