get external process's output *and* return value

[Andrew Gaffney]

Is there a way to get an external process's output *and* return value? I have a program 
that opens a pipe to 'make', process all the input, and then checks the return value when 
the loop ends (pipe is broken/closed):

open MAKE, "make |" or die "Can't open MAKE pipe";

while(<MAKE>) {
  # Process input
}
if($make_return_value) {
  # An error occured with 'make'
}
How do I get that return value?

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Andrew Gaffney
Network Administrator
Skyline Aeronautics, LLC.
636-357-1548
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