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NAME

System::Command - Object for running system commands

SYNOPSIS

use System::Command;

# invoke an external command, and return an object
$cmd = System::Command->new( @cmd );

# options can be passed as a hashref
$cmd = System::Command->new( @cmd, \%option );

# $cmd is basically a hash, with keys / accessors
$cmd->stdin();     # filehandle to the process stdin (write)
$cmd->stdout();    # filehandle to the process stdout (read)
$cmd->stderr();    # filehandle to the process stdout (read)
$cmd->pid();       # pid of the child process

# done!
$cmd->close();

# exit information
$cmd->exit();      # exit status
$cmd->signal();    # signal
$cmd->core();      # core dumped? (boolean)

DESCRIPTION

System::Command is a class that launches external system commands and return an object representing them, allowing to interact with them through their "STDIN", "STDOUT" and "STDERR" handles.

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

Alternatively, to install with Module::Build, you can use the following commands:

perl Build.PL
./Build
./Build test
./Build install

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc System::Command

You can also look for information at:

RT, CPAN's request tracker
    http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=System-Command

AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
    http://annocpan.org/dist/System-Command

CPAN Ratings
    http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/System-Command

Search CPAN
    http://search.cpan.org/dist/System-Command/

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

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.

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