No... that opens a handle to ehir INPUT
output is
open(OUT, "magic_open |");
Or you could just slurp in a string with
$_ = `normal_open`;
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vsevolod Ilyushchenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 5:17 PM
>To: Doug MacEachern
>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: open ">-" does not work
>
>
>> > Why does this script give no output under mod_perl, but
>works fine from the command line:
>> >
>> > #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>> >
>> > use CGI;
>> >
>> > print CGI->header();
>> >
>> > open (AAA, ">-");
>>
>> because the C level stdout is not hooked up to the client.
>you can do
>> this as an alternative:
>>
>> if ($ENV{MOD_PERL}) {
>> tie *AAA, 'Apache';
>> }
>> else {
>> open (AAA, ">-");
>> }
>
>Doug,
>
>Thanks, this works. However, it also gives me the following error:
>
>Can't locate object method "FETCH" via package "Apache" at
>/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-linux/Apache/PerlRun.pm line 310.
>
>Besides, what is the incantation to be able to open pipes to
>programs and capture their output:
>
>open (AAA, "|some_program");
>
>Simon
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