Re^3: Short example using IPC::Open2 or IPC::Open3

runrig,
If it isn't already installed on the box and it requires compiling then no. The situation is that there is a task currently being performed manually by a system administrator on a production machine. There is an officially blessed development activity to automate most of these manual tasks. It is being done in Java by another group and is taking what I feel is an excessive amount of time.

I am trying to help out by giving some relief in the short term. Requesting a new package (and dependencies) be installed on a production machine for "throw away" code is a battle I am not interested in fighting. I am sure I could fight and win making the argument that the tools will be available for the next project but it is not worth it to me personally.

As a person always trying to learn new things, I wanted to try and solve this problem using something I didn't already know how to do. There are a lot of solutions in this thread that are not new to me. That is fine. The monks are great that way. It just isn't what I am interested in.

Cheers - L~R

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Re^4: Short example using IPC::Open2 or IPC::Open3 by runrig (Abbot) on Oct 24, 2007 at 16:41 UTC
I don't know much about the modules other than they have different dependencies than Net::SSH::Perl (which Net::SFTP depends on). Net::SSH2::SFTP requires compiling, but Net::SFTP::Foreign appears to only require an external ssh client.	[reply]
Re^5: Short example using IPC::Open2 or IPC::Open3 by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Oct 24, 2007 at 22:06 UTC
runrig, Indeed. Not the way I wanted to solve the problem but is likely the most sound solution. I will try it out tomorrow and let you know. Cheers - L~R	[reply]