perlipc.pod

Message-Id: <200210131226.g9DCQQLN014591@vran.herceg.de>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18017

diff --git a/pod/perlipc.pod b/pod/perlipc.pod
index 6ab14de..40693a5 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlipc.pod
+++ b/pod/perlipc.pod
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ And here's a safe pipe open for writing:
 
     # add error processing as above
     $pid = open(KID_TO_WRITE, "|-");
-    $SIG{ALRM} = sub { die "whoops, $program pipe broke" };
+    $SIG{PIPE} = sub { die "whoops, $program pipe broke" };
 
     if ($pid) {  # parent
        for (@data) {