On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 03:09 , HENRY,MARK (HP-Roseville,ex1) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> A question regarding process mgmt.
>
> Using the system() call, you can call an os command a test for the return
> value of the command in question, proceeding based on the return value.
>
> However, using backquotes, is there a way to do the same? This method
> returns the output of the program back to the script, but not the return
> value.. any suggestions?
my $cmd = 'theUseualsHere 2>&1; echo $?';
and parse it out of the stream
or you can just try the old fashion way:
my $ret = `$cmd`;
my $error_code_Oh_Last_cmd = $?;
I got bit by the fact that this worked, what a couple of weeks ago?
ciao
drieux
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