At 10:21 PM 1/2/02 -0800, Families Laws wrote:
>The Unix command is: `cp -ip $file1 $file2`. I needed
>to know if the cp operation is successful. I tried
>$result = `cp -ip $file1 $file2`;
>$result does not contain any value after the execution
>even when $file1 does not exist.
>
>How can I find out if the 'cp' operation is successful
>or not ?
if (system("cp -p $file1 $file2 2>&1") == 0) {
# Success!
}
Type "perldoc -f system" for more information.
I doubt you really want to use the -i option on the cp in this case.
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
http://www.perldebugged.com
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