Subprocesses with accessible I/O streams}
\declaremodule{standard}{popen2}
- \platform{Unix, Windows}
+ \platform{Unix}
\modulesynopsis{Subprocesses with accessible standard I/O streams.}
\sectionauthor{Drew Csillag}{drew_csillag@geocities.com}
This module allows you to spawn processes and connect their
-input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes.
+input/output/error pipes and obtain their return codes under \UNIX.
+Similar functionality exists for Windows platforms using the
+\module{win32pipe} module provided as part of Mark Hammond's Windows
+extensions.
The primary interface offered by this module is a pair of factory
functions: