my $pty = new IO::Pty; $pty->set_raw(); my $pid = fork // die; unless ($pid) { $pty->make_slave_controlling_terminal(); close STDIN; open STDIN, "+>&", $pty->slave; # ditto for STDOUT, ...; close $pty->slave; exit !exec @the_program; } close $pty->slave; event_loop_passing_data_between($pty, $socket)