Re^2: Why does IPC::System::Simple not capture output when Perl is running as CGI under IIS? (console)

So there's no way to work around this using IPC::System::Simple? Should I just revert back to using qx// and forget about it?

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Re^3: Why does IPC::System::Simple not capture output when Perl is running as CGI under IIS? (console) by Anonymous Monk on Jul 12, 2013 at 09:11 UTC
So there's no way to work around this using IPC::System::Simple? I don't know. Should I just revert back to using qx// and forget about it? If qx// works, its probably because its creating a console `cmd /x /c ...your stuff here ..` as in `C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.EXE` So you might be able to persuade IPC::System::Simple to use the shell (cmd.exe) , but it kind of defeats the purpose of using IPC::System::Simple Or you might use Win32::ShellQuote like I showed to launch cmd.exe safely with qx{} Or you might make it work if you manage to use Win32::Console to allocate a console FWIW, I think the real problem is win32 webservers which spawn procs without an allocated console (IMHO dumb), but I haven't even seen this issue discussed anywhere	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Why does IPC::System::Simple not capture output when Perl is running as CGI under IIS? (console)
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 12, 2013 at 09:11 UTC

So there's no way to work around this using IPC::System::Simple?

I don't know.

Should I just revert back to using qx// and forget about it?

If qx// works, its probably because its creating a console cmd /x /c ...your stuff here .. as in C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.EXE

So you might be able to persuade IPC::System::Simple to use the shell (cmd.exe) , but it kind of defeats the purpose of using IPC::System::Simple

Or you might use Win32::ShellQuote like I showed to launch cmd.exe safely with qx{}

Or you might make it work if you manage to use Win32::Console to allocate a console

FWIW, I think the real problem is win32 webservers which spawn procs without an allocated console (IMHO dumb), but I haven't even seen this issue discussed anywhere

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