i've used IPC::Open3 because i needed to capture STDIN, STDERR, return code, and pid at once, and it's the only way to do it. you can find a summary on my implementation at once again: program output and return code

this code is running on a production system that synchronizes code between PVCS repositories. it's been running for over a year, and there's only ever been one problem: sporadic failures with IO::Pipe. see my question here: intermittent problem with IPC::Open3. finding no other resolution, i used a short sleep command.

perhaps you'll get some mileage from this.

~Particle

In reply to Re: Open3 and bad gut feeling by particle
in thread Open3 and bad gut feeling by coreolyn

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