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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:42:18 -0800
From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes <sthoenna AT efn DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Executing ssh from perl
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 12:56:19PM -0800, Stephen Studley wrote:
> If I use system("<cmd>"); instead of `<cmd>`;, the command returns 0, 
> (no hang).  Unfortunately system wont work for my needs, as it is 
> critical I evaluate stdout:stderr.

`` doesn't capture stderr; maybe you want IPC::Open3

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