That does it, thanks, Wiggins!
- B > Bryan R Harris wrote: >> >> I'd like to open 2-way pipe to a tool that we have here. It's called >> yprtool and once it's open, you give it 3 numbers to its STDIN and it spits >> out 3 numbers to its STDOUT. It stays open until you ctrl-c it. >> >> What's the correct syntax for opening something like this? >> >> This doesn't work: >> >> ************************************** >> $yprtool = '/Users/bh/Library/models/yprtool'; >> open(YPRTOOL, "+<$yprtool|") or die "open error blah"; >> print YPRTOOL "$a $b $c\n"; >> $return = <YPRTOOL>; >> close(YPRTOOL) or die "a cruel death"; >> ************************************** >> >> I think the problem is in the "+<", but I'm not sure. >> >> - B >> > > Check out the IPC::Open2 and IPC::Open3 modules, they are standard. > > perldoc IPC::Open2 > perldoc IPC::Open3 > > Additionally there is good information available in, > > perldoc perlipc > > http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
