ppr-list-digest volume 5, number 45, message 3

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From: David Chappell <David.Chappell@trincoll.edu>
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 11:29:01 -0400
Subject: Re: PPR: PPOP.pm can't talk to ppop

Ken Tindle wrote:
> David,
> 
> I'm sorry to have to bother you again, but I'm really stumped
> this time, and have become rather dependent on PPR's Web
> interface.  I'm getting some heat to get it working again,
> after my upgrade to 1.51 that broke it.
> 
> I've learned quite a bit, but I'm at a dead end now.
> 
> I uncommented the debug 'print "Launching..."' statement, and
> it had the correct output.  The $pid variable was given a
> reasonable value by open2().  However, the $junk variable
> is empty (length zero) after the 'my $junk = <$rdr>;'
> statement.  So the regular expression is NOT an issue.
> 
> I have ruled out a pathing problem, and this problem persists
> after setting all rights to the 'other' or 'world' permission
> bits, too.
> 
> ppop seems to launch, but the initial "*READY" string does NOT
> wind up in $junk.  Frankly, I don't know why.

Does "ppop -M" produce the *READY string when you run it from the 
command line?

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