Thanks Thelonius, but no luck. If I use: 
open STDOUT, ">&SOCK_WRITE" or die "STDOUT: $!\n";
warn "fileno(STDOUT)=",fileno(STDOUT),"\n";

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I find that it's not using the right file descriptor: 
fileno(STDOUT)=3

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so when I exec a new process it doesn't have the file handles hooked up right. For example, if I change the infinite sleep loop to actually run something: 
exec('perl','-e','$|=1; while(1) { sleep(5); print q:The time is now :
+,time,qq:\n:; };')
  or die "exec error: $!\n";

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the output from the child goes to the console, not the socket. With dup2, it goes to the socket.

In reply to Re: Re: Windows weirdness after fork, dup2 by sgifford
in thread Windows weirdness after fork, dup2 by sgifford

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