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sighandler (Score:1)
If I know beforehand that a script can run a long time or something unexpected is likely to happen, then I install a sighandler to give me a stack trace:
use sigtrap "handler" => sub { require Carp; Carp::carp() }, 'USR1', 'INFO';
That way I can do "kill -USR1 " and see what's going on.
This is especially nice on BSD systems, where SIGINFO exists. SIGINFO is typically bound to CTRL-T, so I don't have to find the pid (if the script runs in the terminal). The default output of CTRL-T provides also some numbers about memory and CPU usage and the current process state.
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