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The parent script then generates signals to the running child exec
Communicating via STDIN to the child would probably be easier than signals. Like in IPC::Open2.
how can I get a stdout line from the child immediatly in the parent script?
If you are piping (which you need to do if you are running via exec), you need to turn on autoflush. See IO::Handle or $| and select.
And how do I tell in the parent script when the child has finished?
kill can test if the executable is still running (kill(0, $pid)). wait or waitpid can be used to reap the child. IO::Select or eof can be used to check if the child has something to say.

#11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.

In reply to Re: Get live output of exec by kennethk
in thread Get live output of exec by Anonymous Monk

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