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IO::Pipe(3)	       Perl Programmers Reference Guide		   IO::Pipe(3)

NAME
       IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes

SYNOPSIS
	       use IO::Pipe;

	       $pipe = new IO::Pipe;

	       if($pid = fork()) { # Parent
		   $pipe->reader();

		   while(<$pipe>) {
		       ...
		   }

	       }
	       elsif(defined $pid) { # Child
		   $pipe->writer();

		   print $pipe ...
	       }

	       or

	       $pipe = new IO::Pipe;

	       $pipe->reader(qw(ls -l));

	       while(<$pipe>) {
		   ...
	       }

DESCRIPTION
       "IO::Pipe" provides an interface to creating pipes between processes.

CONSTRUCTOR
       new ( [READER, WRITER] )
	   Creates an "IO::Pipe", which is a reference to a newly created sym‐
	   bol (see the "Symbol" package). "IO::Pipe::new" optionally takes
	   two arguments, which should be objects blessed into "IO::Handle",
	   or a subclass thereof. These two objects will be used for the sys‐
	   tem call to "pipe". If no arguments are given then method "handles"
	   is called on the new "IO::Pipe" object.

	   These two handles are held in the array part of the GLOB until
	   either "reader" or "writer" is called.

METHODS
       reader ([ARGS])
	   The object is re-blessed into a sub-class of "IO::Handle", and
	   becomes a handle at the reading end of the pipe. If "ARGS" are
	   given then "fork" is called and "ARGS" are passed to exec.

       writer ([ARGS])
	   The object is re-blessed into a sub-class of "IO::Handle", and
	   becomes a handle at the writing end of the pipe. If "ARGS" are
	   given then "fork" is called and "ARGS" are passed to exec.

       handles ()
	   This method is called during construction by "IO::Pipe::new" on the
	   newly created "IO::Pipe" object. It returns an array of two objects
	   blessed into "IO::Pipe::End", or a subclass thereof.

SEE ALSO
       IO::Handle

AUTHOR
       Graham Barr. Currently maintained by the Perl Porters.  Please report
       all bugs to <perl5-porters@perl.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 1996-8 Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>. All rights
       reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it
       and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.8.8			  2008-09-19			   IO::Pipe(3)
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