[perl #21776] dup2 on XP

On Mon Mar 31 12:58:25 2003, mgoland wrote:
> Hello guys,
> 
> I think that perl 5.8 on winXP has a problem with file descripter
>    tables. It fails to properly handle parents STDOUT when I dup2 in
>    the child. Here is my script that runs fine on my FreeBSD box. It
>    properly redirects childs STDOUT to a file , while leaving parents
>    STDOUT to the screen. On an XP box, it redirects both parents and
>    childs STDOUT to a file. Any ideas on how to work around it ??
> 

In the hope that someone with Win32 access and experience can respond to
this ticket, I have cleaned up the original poster's program somewhat
and am attaching it as 21776.pl.  I'm also attaching a simple count.pl
program to serve as the argument for the 'exec' call.  On Darwin, the
program appears to execute as the OP intended.

(And, should someone be curious: No, it didn't get a response when it
was cross-posted on beginners@perl.org 8-1/2 years ago.)

Thank you very much.
Jim Keenan

• [perl #21776] dup2 on XP by James E Keenan via RT
• Re: [perl #21776] dup2 on XP by Tony Cook