The only advantage I can think of is if you are getting tremendous amounts of output from the program. I don't know if it would cut down on the memory used if you could while(<>) it with a filehandle.
-----Original Message----- From: HENRY,MARK (HP-Roseville,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 2:02 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: reading external cmd io Hi All, Thanks for reponses to my recent question. Regarding external program IO, wondering what is the best approach? To date I've used backticks, and processed each line as it has passed.. Wondering if perhaps file handles would be a better approach - I can't see the advantage, but then I can't see the problems either.. Many thanks, Mark -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
