That's exactly it. Here's the problem in graphical form, in case it helps: 

+---------------------+----------------------+
| Parent              | Child                |
+---------------------+----------------------+
| - open3(...);       |                      |
| - wait();           | - ...                |   |
|   - Waits for child | - print 1027;        |   |
|     to end.         | - print 1028;        |   |
|                     | - print 1029;        |   T
|                     | - print 1030;        |   i
|                     | - print 1031;        |   m
|                     |   - Pipe full.       |   e
|                     |     Waits for parent |   |
|                     |     to empty it.     |   |
|                     |                      |   v
| Still waiting...    | Still waiting...     |
+---------------------+----------------------+

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When I see open3, I expect to see an IO::Select object.

In reply to Re^2: Script hangs when called via IPC::Open3 (Problem) by ikegami
in thread Script hangs when called via IPC::Open3 by jeffa

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