IPC-RunExternal PC::RunExternal is for executing external operating system programs more conveniently than with `` (backticks) or exec/system, and without all the hassle of IPC::Open3. IPC::RunExternal allows: 1) Capture STDOUT and STDERR in scalar variables. 2) Capture both STDOUT and STDERR in one scalar variable, in the correct order. 3) Use timeout to break the execution of a program running too long. 4) Keep user happy by printing something (e.g. '.' or '#') every second. 5) Not happy with simply printing something? Then execute your own code (function) at every second while the program is running. Compatible only with Unix family of operating systems. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc IPC::RunExternal You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here) http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=IPC-RunExternal AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/IPC-RunExternal CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/IPC-RunExternal Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-RunExternal/ LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2011 Mikko Koivunalho 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.