On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 07:17, Chas. Owens <chas.ow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 14:31, Ice Man <wjharris...@optonline.net> wrote: >> Ok ..... so I have to start a program which is written in java. >> >> #!/local/bin/perl >> >> my $command = "/aa/bb/c/executable \&"; >> my $ret = 0; >> >> $ret = `$command`; >> >> exit $ret; >> >> The normal behavior of this executable is to list some information but >> it never returns you to a prompt. You have to hit the return key to >> get the shell prompt back. >> >> The same thing is happening to this program. Is there a way in perl >> to pass a return "\n" on the command to be executed that would return >> a prompt to the program so it does not hang? I have tried the >> following: >> > snip > > It sounds like you need IPC::Open2* or IPC::Open3**. They allow you snip
Too early in the morning, forgot the footnotes: * http://perldoc.perl.org/IPC/Open2.html ** http://perldoc.perl.org/IPC/Open3.html -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
