Revision history for Perl extension IPC::ChildSafe.
0.01 Sat Nov 29 12:03:06 1997
- Original version; created by h2xs 1.18
1.01 Mon Dec 01 22:23:14 1997
- First release. There are a few bells and whistles I would
like to add yet, but this version seems stable. Might as well
get feedback before implementing the b&w.
2.00 Mon Mar 09 22:23:14 1998
- Reworked the entire perl interface using one 'smart' method
$obj->command. This detects whether it was run in a scalar or list
context and either dumps all output to true stdout/stderr and
returns the exit status (scalar case) or returns it all plus the
exit status in a hash (list case).
Added a function for registering an error-checking routine.
This allows the user to set up their preferred regular expression
(or other algorithm) for determining which output constitutes
an error condition.
2.02 Sat Apr 11 15:23:14 1998
- Added a third mode to the $obj->command method;
if called in a void context it now will exit on failure.
- As a result of the above improvement, moved the required
perl version up to 5.004 since the wantarray() feature
which enables it was added only in 5.004.
2.10 Sun Apr 26 15:23:14 1998
- Renamed to IPC::ChildSafe as a result of discussions
on modules@perl.org.
- Reworked to use a hash to represent the object. This allowed
a rethinking of how $obj->command behaves in scalar context. Now,
when used in scalar it will store all generated output in arrays
_STDOUT and _STDERR. This data can be retrieved later using the
new methods 'stdout' and 'stderr'.
- Added a related feature; when $obj->command() is called in a
void context and with no arguments, it flushes (throws away) the
stored results.
2.20 Sun May 10 17:43:44 1998
- Added the ability to handle stderr differently via
$obj->command("cmd" => IGNORE) etc.
- Added $obj->status method to poll the currently-stored
stderr for an error count.
- Moved ClearCase-specific comments out to subclassed
IPC::ClearTool module.
2.25 Sun May 17 12:34:46 1998
- Renamed $obj->command() to $obj->cmd() for brevity.
Left old method in place but de-documented.
2.26 Mon Sep 28 09:44:12 EDT 1998
- Fixed a bug causing multiple instances to overwrite each other.
2.26 Mon Oct 19 16:25:14 EDT 1998
- Fixed a couple of doc bugs