perl and DOS I/O

From: Hemant Kumar (kumarh_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/23/04

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    Hi,
       I need to run a n iterations of a dos program from perl. I am using
    System ("program args");

    There are two interactions with DOS that I need to take care of though

    1) The program spews output that goes to the DOS window. Is there a
    way to absorb it and process it from perl script?

    2) Once the program reaches a certain point in execution, it requires
    an input from the keyboard to move ahead. How can I issue this input
    from the perl script.

    Thank you for giving this a thought.
    Hemant

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