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+package HTML::AutoConvert::Run;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+HTML::AutoConvert::Run - Base class for HTML::AutoConvert plugs that run an external program
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use IPC::Run qw( run timeout );
+
+sub html_convert {
+  my( $self, $file ) = ( shift, shift );
+  my $opt = ref($_[0]) ? shift : { @_ };
+
+  my @program = $self->program;
+  my $program = $program[0];
+
+  my $timeout = 60; #?
+
+  my( $html, $err ) = ( '', '');
+  local($SIG{CHLD}) = sub {};
+  run( [ @program, $file ], \undef, \$html, \$err, timeout($timeout) )
+    or die "$program failed with exit status ". ( $? >> 8 ). ": $err\n";
+
+  $html;
+
+}
+
+1;