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+
+#!./perl
+
+#####################################################################
+#
+# Test for process id return value from open
+# Ronald Schmidt (The Software Path) RonaldWS@software-path.com
+#
+#####################################################################
+
+BEGIN {
+ chdir 't' if -d 't';
+ unshift @INC, '../lib';
+}
+
+
+use FileHandle;
+autoflush STDOUT 1;
+$SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE';
+
+print "1..10\n";
+
+$perl = "$^X -I../lib";
+
+#
+# commands run 4 perl programs. Two of these programs write a
+# short message to STDOUT and exit. Two of these programs
+# read from STDIN. One reader never exits and must be killed.
+# the other reader reads one line, waits a few seconds and then
+# exits to test the waitpid function.
+#
+$cmd1 = qq/$perl -e "use FileHandle; autoflush STDOUT 1; / .
+ qq/print qq[first process\\n]; sleep 30;"/;
+$cmd2 = qq/$perl -e "use FileHandle; autoflush STDOUT 1; / .
+ qq/print qq[second process\\n]; sleep 30;"/;
+$cmd3 = qq/$perl -e "print <>;"/; # hangs waiting for end of STDIN
+$cmd4 = qq/$perl -e "print scalar <>;"/;
+
+#warn "#$cmd1\n#$cmd2\n#$cmd3\n#$cmd4\n";
+
+# start the processes
+$pid1 = open(FH1, "$cmd1 |") or print "not ";
+print "ok 1\n";
+$pid2 = open(FH2, "$cmd2 |") or print "not ";
+print "ok 2\n";
+$pid3 = open(FH3, "| $cmd3") or print "not ";
+print "ok 3\n";
+$pid4 = open(FH4, "| $cmd4") or print "not ";
+print "ok 4\n";
+
+print "# pids were $pid1, $pid2, $pid3, $pid4\n";
+
+# get message from first process and kill it
+chomp($from_pid1 = scalar(<FH1>));
+print "# child1 returned [$from_pid1]\nnot "
+ unless $from_pid1 eq 'first process';
+print "ok 5\n";
+$kill_cnt = kill STOP, $pid1;
+print "not " unless $kill_cnt == 1;
+print "ok 6\n";
+
+# get message from second process and kill second process and reader process
+chomp($from_pid2 = scalar(<FH2>));
+print "# child2 returned [$from_pid2]\nnot "
+ unless $from_pid2 eq 'second process';
+print "ok 7\n";
+$kill_cnt = kill STOP, $pid2, $pid3;
+print "not " unless $kill_cnt == 2;
+print "ok 8\n";
+
+# send one expected line of text to child process and then wait for it
+autoflush FH4 1;
+print FH4 "ok 9\n";
+print "# waiting for process $pid4 to exit\n";
+$reap_pid = waitpid $pid4, 0;
+print "# reaped pid $reap_pid != $pid4\nnot "
+ unless $reap_pid == $pid4;
+print "ok 10\n";