[perlce-user] popen() unimplemented: perlce 5.8.2, celib.dll 3.11

[Michael G. <mic...@cy...>]

Greetings,

I installed perl 5.8.2 and celib.dll 3.11 binaries from
perlce.sourceforge.net on Windows CE 2.11 (H/PC Pro MIPS)
and setup the registry using the suggestions in the howto
html page for perlCE 5.6.

Here are the diagnostics when I run the mp3stream.pl
script from Nick Peskett:

log: opening: "/Storage Card2/madplay/madplay.exe  --quiet --fade-in=2 -"
popen("/Storage Card2/madplay/madplay.exe  --quiet --fade-in=2 -")
The popen function is unimplemented at \Storage Card2\perl\bin/try1.pl line 106.

Then I installed the perlCE 5.6 distribution from www.rainer-keuchel.de
which has no libs; I copied these libs from my Solaris 5.6.0 installation:

Carp.pm
Exporter.pm
Socket.pm
strict.pm
warnings.pm
XSLoader

Under perl 5.6.0 the 'mp3stream.pl' script works as I am listening to KCEA
in Menlo Park, CA on a Pencentra 130 (MIPS vr4121 133MHz); however, I wasn't
able to use an absolute pathname containing embedded spaces for 'madplay.exe'
even when double quoted, such as "/Storage card2/madplay/madplay.exe", in
the script, and doing so resulted in an error 'could not open pipe to
Storage card2/madplay/madplay.exe'. A pathname like '/temp/madplay' works
ok.

Not having ready access to release notes for versions of perlCE > 5.6.0
I would appreciate a reply as to which versions support popen() in celib.dll,
and a brief summary of other important changes, especially for a CE 2.11 user.

Thanks,

Michael