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Re: Forks, Pipes and Exec (file descriptors)

by almut (Canon)
on Oct 29, 2008 at 23:14 UTC ( [id://720360]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??

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    printf STDERR "before: fileno(STDOUT)=%d\n", fileno(STDOUT);

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pipe( $smash_stdout, STDOUT );

printf STDERR "after:  fileno(STDOUT)=%d\n", fileno(STDOUT);
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    before: fileno(STDOUT)=1
after:  fileno(STDOUT)=6
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    printf STDERR "before: fileno(STDOUT)=%d\n", fileno(STDOUT);

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open STDOUT, ">&WH" or die "open: $!";

printf STDERR "after:  fileno(STDOUT)=%d\n", fileno(STDOUT);
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    before: fileno(STDOUT)=1
after:  fileno(STDOUT)=1
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    open $old_stdout, ">&STDOUT" or die "open: $!";
local(*RH, *WH);
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my $out = <RH>;

print STDERR "got from pipe: $out";   # $out is "foobar\n"

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