NAME

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

VERSION

Version 0.001

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

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:

• RT: CPAN's request tracker

  http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=IPC-RunSession-Simple

• AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

  http://annocpan.org/dist/IPC-RunSession-Simple

• CPAN Ratings

  http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/IPC-RunSession-Simple

• Search CPAN

  http://search.cpan.org/dist/IPC-RunSession-Simple/

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.