The make is invoked via open, which returns the process ID of the spawned command.
merlyn's code should work alright, with a slight modification
open my $make, "make -f params 2>&1 |" or die;
to get make's STDERR into the spawning shell's STDOUT. Do you get any errors reported?
--shmem
_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo. G°\ /
/\_¯/(q /
---------------------------- \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}
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