# RETURNS: ( $stdout, $stderr ) Both are refs to an array of lines. sub OSexecute { my @execute = @_; my @stdout; my @stderr; local $, = ' '; # for print "...@execute..." my $debug = 0; #$debug = 1; print("OSexecute(@execute)\n") if ($debug); # Here is the actual execution. my $pid = eval { open3($din, $dout, $derr, @execute) }; die "OSexecute(@execute): $@" if ($@); my $select = IO::Select->new(); $select->add($dout); $select->add($derr); my @ready; my $fh; # Gather the results while (@ready = $select->can_read()) { foreach $fh (@ready) { push(@stdout, <$fh>) if ($fh == $dout); push(@stderr, <$fh>) if ($fh == $derr); } } # Wait for process to complete and reap it. waitpid($pid, 0); # We should check the return code of the child. # Gotta trap SIGPIPE for that. return ( \@stdout, \@stderr ); }