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Re: Calling external commands through my scriptby kennethk (Abbot) |
on Feb 25, 2014 at 00:36 UTC ( [id://1076063]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
How you should call them depends upon your needs. Do you need to process their inputs or outputs through Perl? Do you want the external call to be blocking? Do you want to implement time-outs? What OS are you on?
Options include:
and more. See perlipc for some important detail. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.
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