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by faq_monk (Initiate)
on Oct 08, 1999 at 00:29 UTC ( #723=perlfaq nodetype: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??

Current Perl documentation can be found at


Release 5 of Perl added the END block, which can be used to simulate atexit(). Each package's END block is called when the program or thread ends (see the perlmod manpage manpage for more details).


    END {


        use sigtrap qw(die normal-signals);


If exception handling is all you're interested in, try the library (part of the standard perl distribution).


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