$SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE';
my $perl = which_perl();
-$perl .= qq[ "-I../lib"];
#
# commands run 4 perl programs. Two of these programs write a
# the other reader reads one line, waits a few seconds and then
# exits to test the waitpid function.
#
-$cmd1 = qq/$perl -e "\$|=1; print qq[first process\\n]; sleep 30;"/;
-$cmd2 = qq/$perl -e "\$|=1; print qq[second process\\n]; sleep 30;"/;
-$cmd3 = qq/$perl -e "print <>;"/; # hangs waiting for end of STDIN
-$cmd4 = qq/$perl -e "print scalar <>;"/;
+@cmd1 = ($perl,'-I../lib','-e',
+ q{$|=1; print qq[first process\n]; sleep 300;});
+@cmd2 = ($perl,'-I../lib','-e',
+ q{$|=1; print qq[second process\n]; sleep 30;});
+@cmd3 = ($perl,'-I../lib','-e',
+ "print <>;"); # hangs waiting for end of STDIN
+@cmd4 = ($perl,'-I../lib','-e',
+ "print scalar <>;");
#warn "#$cmd1\n#$cmd2\n#$cmd3\n#$cmd4\n";
# start the processes
-ok( $pid1 = open(FH1, "$cmd1 |"), 'first process started');
-ok( $pid2 = open(FH2, "$cmd2 |"), ' second' );
-ok( $pid3 = open(FH3, "| $cmd3"), ' third' );
-ok( $pid4 = open(FH4, "| $cmd4"), ' fourth' );
+ok( $pid1 = open(FH1, "-|", @cmd1), 'first process started');
+ok( $pid2 = open(FH2, "-|", @cmd2), ' second' );
+ok( $pid3 = open(FH3, "|-", @cmd3), ' third' );
+ok( $pid4 = open(FH4, "|-", @cmd4), ' fourth' );
print "# pids were $pid1, $pid2, $pid3, $pid4\n";