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Changes for version 2.001001 - 2011-10-22

  • Able to pass scalar references to \%EXE_OPTIONS for 'pid', 'stdin', 'stdout', and 'stderr' options. Each referenced scalar will be assigned its corresponding value and will not be returned by exe().
  • &PREEXEC can return array references to perform open(). If references to array refs are returned, perform sysopen() instead.
  • Added taint checking.
  • Raised minimum Perl version required to v5.8.8. This is for better handling of filehandles and PerlIO layers.
  • Changed release to semantic versioning.
  • Pass along $@ upon each call to exe(). Do not modify $@ for bg().

Modules

Execute processes or Perl subroutines & string them via IPC. Think shell pipes.