On 2013-03-07 10:21, WFB wrote:
waitpid($pid, 0); close($trexe); my $tr_ret = ($?>>8);
Never postpone the reading of a global variable, just snapshot it as early as possible. my $child = waitpid $pid, 0; my $child_error = $?; # snapshot a global $child == -1 and die "No child with pid $pid found"; close $trexe or die "ERROR: $!"; my $tr_ret = ($child _error >> 8); -- Ruud -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
