Hi

Thanks very much for the reply. Putting the command and its arguments into an array that becomes the first argument to 'run' is now obvious; thanks for pointing that out!

I wish I could use something simpler than IPC::Run, but I don't think I can (please tell me I'm wrong).

I need to run a program, and then do things with the program's output. So, system() (which doesn't allow this) isn't the right tool.

Worse, I need to feed responses to the program as it runs. Backticks doesn't support this.

I had initially looked at Open2(), but that didn't work on Windows XP. So, I'm trying IPC::Run, as it SEEMS to be the best solution.

I'd very much value the opinion of others with more Perl experience than me (which, at this point, includes many house plants).

Thanks! tl

In reply to Re^2: IPC::Run syntax question by tlemons
in thread IPC::Run syntax question by Anonymous Monk

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