Re^5: replace use HTTP::Lite to run a perl file that was on another server

I would recommend the 3 argument form of open instead:

open(CGI, '-|', $cgi) or die "Can't exec $cgi, $!";
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as it is generally safer.

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Re^6: replace use HTTP::Lite to run a perl file that was on another server by kcott (Archbishop) on Feb 21, 2017 at 06:49 UTC
G'day RonW, Recommending the 3-argument form of open is sound advice; however, using a globally-scoped, package variable (i.e. `CGI`) is not. This would have been better: `open my $pipe_from_cgi, '-\|', $cgi or die ...` [download] — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^7: replace use HTTP::Lite to run a perl file that was on another server by RonW (Parson) on Feb 21, 2017 at 19:03 UTC
I overlooked that. I was only focused on the 2 vs 3 arg forms of open. Yes, a globally scoped file handle is also not a good idea.	[reply]