We don't have the IPC::Run either, but we do have IPC::Open3 but you said that won't work on windows...? | [reply] |
The problem on Win32, is that Win32 dosn't support "select" on pipes. IPC::Open3 uses pipes to connect to the command, while IPC::Run uses sockets( win32 select works on sockets). BUT, if you can figure out a way to NOT use select, and get the pipes flushed, you may be able to use it. Your main problem is output may be sitting in the pipe,
but without $select->can_read, you won't know it. See Pipe Problem for some ideas. I don't use MSwindows, but there probably are hacks to get around the problem, like
using sysread to read 1 byte at a time, until nothing is there, or see Non-blocking Reads from Pipe Filehandle You can use the SuperSearch here for many examples of using Open3, but remember, no select is available to you... so you need a workaround. See Perl/Tk App and Interprocess Communication. If you are using an event-loop system, you can setup a timer to repeatedly read the pipe until no bytes are there. Also see " perldoc -q 'capture STDERR' "
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How difficult do you think it would be to try and work with IPC::OPen3, especially since I'm a beginner? I really need to get this done this week and its seeming impossible for me to do since I don't have alot of Perl experience.
Thanks for any help,
J
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Thanks I'll have a look at them. I suspect being a novice isn't gonna help me much :)
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I am also having the same problem. Any solution found, pleae share the same.
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