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 --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]