zsdc wrote:
First of all, using foreach will _always_ wait for all of the data before doing anything else, no matter what, so first change:
foreach (<MAKE>) {
to:
while (<MAKE>) {
Ok, so it was the 'foreach' causing my problem the whole time.
Good to know it's working now.
Here is my current code: [...]
This code works just fine providing that the Makefile commands don't output anything. Although, most Makefiles don't output anything except the commands being executed (which is covered by 'make -n' and compile errors. My next step is to add a "scrollback buffer" in order to display compile errors. I was thinking about something like:
Maybe take a look at the Curses or Curses::UI modules:
http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Curses http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Curses::UI
It's basically a whole windowing environment in text mode. You can display the errors and other diagnostics in one or even more windows, while showing the progress in a progressbar. See:
http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Curses::UI::TextViewer http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Curses::UI::Progressbar
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