--- Eric Chun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What does
> $pid = open(CMD, "-|")
> mean? I assume this is forking a process, but I have not seen "-|"
> before.
> Has anybody come across this kind of perl command before?
It's a MAGIC fork. =o)
Check out perldoc -f open.
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print "Just another Perl Hacker\n"; # edited for readability =o)
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