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IPC-RunSession-Simple-0.002
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/ IPC::RunSession::Simple

NAME

IPC::RunSession::Simple - Run a simple IPC session in the same vein as IPC::Run & Expect

VERSION

Version 0.002

SYNOPSIS

    use IPC::RunSession::Simple

    $session = IPC::RunSession::Simple->open( "fcsh" )

    # Read until the prompt (which doesn't end in a newline)
    # Timeout after 5 seconds
    $result = $session->read_until( qr/\(fcsh\) /, 5 )

    if ( $result->closed ) {
         # We encountered an (abnormal) EOF... 
    }
    elsif ( $result->expired ) {
        # The timeout got triggered...
    }
    else {
        print $result->content
    }

    # Tell 'fcsh' we want to quit
    $session->write( "quit\n" )

DESCRIPTION

A simple IPC session with read/write capability using IPC::Open3 and IO::Select

USAGE

$session = IPC::RunSession::Simple->open( $cmd )

Create a new session by calling open3 on $cmd

$result = $session->read( [ $timeout ] )

Read (blocking) until some output is gotten

If $timeout is given, then wait until output is gotten OR the timeout expires (setting $result->expired appropiately)

$result = $session->read_until( $marker, [ $timeout ] )

Read (blocking) until some output matching $marker is gotten

$marker can either be a regular expression or a code block. If a code block is given, the content accumulated will be available as the first argument and as $_

If $timeout is given, then wait until output is gotten OR the timeout expires (setting $result->expired appropiately). Any content collected up to the timeout will be included in $result->content

$session->write( $content )

Write $content to the input of the opened process

$reader = $session->reader

Return the reader filehandle (the STDOUT/STDERR of the process)

$writer = $session->writer

Return the writer filehandle (the STDIN of the process)

$result->content

The content read via read or read_until

$result->expired

True if a read returned as a result of taking longer than the specified timeout value

$result->closed

True if the process closed during the read

SEE ALSO

IPC::Run

Expect

AUTHOR

Robert Krimen, <rkrimen at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-ipc-runsession-simple at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=IPC-RunSession-Simple. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc IPC::RunSession::Simple

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Robert Krimen.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.