Filehandle to interactive process on Windows AS Perl

anaki has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,
I tried writing a script that runs an interactive shell (for example, a telnet or FTP prompt) and manages it's input and output. However, I was soon stuck under how to manage STDIN and STDOUT to that process. IO::Pty looks promising, but isn't supported in Windows ActiveState. IO::React is supported, but needs a filehandle already connected to that process.

Is there a Windows ActiveState alternative to IO::Pty?

Thank you very much,
anaki

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Re: Filehandle to interactive process on Windows AS Perl by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 31, 2008 at 23:03 UTC
Try the handle returned by salva's Win32::SocketPair`::winopen2()`. I haven't tried this, but I see no reason why it shouldn't work with IO::React. Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Filehandle to interactive process on Windows AS Perl by anaki (Initiate) on Jan 01, 2009 at 00:38 UTC
Thank you very much for your responses! I'm experiementing with Win32::Socketpair and it looks promising, so thank you, again. It's good to know there is still some hope in IO::Pty. I think I'd miss Active's PPM, though. -anaki	[reply]
Re: Filehandle to interactive process on Windows AS Perl by tilly (Archbishop) on Dec 31, 2008 at 22:26 UTC
Try installing Strawberry Perl and see if you can get IO::Pty working there. If so you could either switch versions of Perl or try copying the modules (and compiled C code, etc) from Strawberry to AS. From what I've heard this is not formally supported but usually works.	[reply]