PerlTk - Re: nonblocking system call

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Re: nonblocking system call

Gumby

2005-07-24, 8:45 pm

Hi Folks,

my platform is Perl V. 5.8.4 under WinXP

whats the best way to start a nonblocking system call from a perlscript

with reading and displaying the output of the system call from STDOUT
(for
example the output of PPM)

Thanks

system("start /B path/programname");
or
`start /B path/programname`;

If you use the windows \, for paths remember to doulbe it up in
double quotes
system("start /B C:\\....");

zentara

2005-07-24, 8:45 pm

On 22 Jul 2005 05:55:46 -0700, "Gumby" <georgeziv@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>
>my platform is Perl V. 5.8.4 under WinXP
>
>
>whats the best way to start a nonblocking system call from a perlscript
>
>with reading and displaying the output of the system call from STDOUT
>(for
>example the output of PPM)
>

Just 2 cents.....

Try IPC::Run or read http://perlmonks.org?node_id=470827

I don't use windows. On linux we usually use IPC::Open3, but many
reports say that IPC::Open3 won't run on windows reliably, because it
can't use filevent. But you might want to give it a try, maybe it will
work with your version of windows.

BUT IPC::Run is supposed to work, since it uses sockets from what I
hear.
There may also be some Win32 module to do it.

--
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