in reply to Re: Executing pipe STDOUT from a subroutine to Widget
in thread Executing pipe STDOUT from a subroutine to Widget

'-' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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perlport says open to |- and -| are unsupported. (Mac OS, Win32, RISC OS)

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