Linux-FD Linux::FD provides you Linux specific special file handles. These are * Event filehandles * Signal filehandles * Timer filehandles These allow you to use conventional polling mechanisms to wait a large variety of events. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Build.PL ./Build ./Build test ./Build install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Linux::FD You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Linux-FD AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/Linux-FD CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Linux-FD Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/Linux-FD/ LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2010 Leon Timmermans This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.