Name
open2
Synopsis
open2 (\*rdr
, \*wtr
, cmd_with_args
)
Description
Forks a child process to execute the specified command. Takes the following arguments:
- \*rdr
Represents a read filehandle that your program can use to read from the command $cmd’s standard output. Can be a FileHandle object or a reference to a typeglob.
- \*wtr
Represents a write filehandle that your program can use to write to the command $cmd’s standard input. Can be a FileHandle object or a reference to a typeglob.
- cmd_with_arguments
The command to be executed by the child process, and its arguments. Can be specified two ways:
$cmd_with_args $cmd, "arg1", "arg2", ...
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