RE: Capturing the output of a system() command

[Erich C. Beyrent]

 Am I able to capture the output of a system call?
 Currently, I route the output to a temporary file,
 then read the contents in when the call is done.
 I'd rather not make a temp file.
 George

Hi there,

Here is what I do:

my $cmd = `base64 -e ASCIIFILE -`; 
 }

 open(APP, $cmd 21 |) or die Cannot run the command: $!\n; 
 while (APP)
 {
  print;
  $output .= $_;
 }
 close (APP);
 print \n;

-Erich-

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RE: Capturing the output of a system() command

[Rob Dowell]

I have used this 
method with great success:

my $cmd = 
'cabarc.exe L '.$cabFile;my (@list) = qx/$cmd/;my $status = 
$?;HandleError($status,join(' ',@list)) if 
$status;

where HandleError is 
my own error handling routine.


Am I 
able to capture the output of a system call? 
Currently, I route the output to a temporary 
file,then read the contents 
in when the call is done. 
I'd 
rather not make a temp file. 
George 





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