> Hi all,
>
> Still thinking about this one. I have:
>
> my $backup = system($rdiff, @args);
>
> # Send e-mail with a few details for success and failures
> # Success
> if ($backup == 0) {
> blah
> }
>
>
> I want to be able to stick the ouput of the $rdiff command into a strong,
> as well as get an exit code for it?
>
> Is this a backticks one?
>
> Gavin.
>
Generally if you want the output you want backticks. The exit code is
still available from C<$?>. And can be extracted the same as described in,
perldoc perlvar
perldoc -f system
And the backticks is described specifically in,
perldoc perlop
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