tclX alarm doesn't interrupt tcl's socket in tkined

Andreas.Stoll@mch.sbs.de
Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:45:24 +0200

Hi

I try to use tclX's alrm to interrupt a socket open:

signal error SIGALRM
alarm 1
catch {socket remotehost 25} error
puts $error

this works in a standalone tclX but not in the ip_monitor.tcl for example

any hints ?

Andreas