in reply to Using Net::Telnet and Win32::GUI

You could fork off and have the child process do the telnetting. Then read the data back from the child through a pipe.

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Re: Re: Using Net::Telnet and Win32::GUI
by kpd01 (Initiate) on May 13, 2003 at 17:26 UTC
    I was under the impression that the fork command was only applicable on UNIX type systems........Since I have only been using perl for about 6 months I may be wrong or maybe there is some other command that is similar in the windows environment.......any help is appreciated.........
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      If perl was compiled with iThreads (and most Win32 binary distributions are), then iThreads are used to emulate fork() on Win32.

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      I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident.
      -- Schemer

      Note: All code is untested, unless otherwise stated

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        You are right in that it appears as though the perl I am using was compiled with iThreads. When I check the configuration summary with "perl -V" I do see "useithreads=define". My next question then is "Where can I find some documentation on how to use it?". There is nothing in the perldocs in regards to it. At least nothing that I can find. I have also poked around on the web and what I do see is sketchy at best. Thanks again......
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