http://search.cpan.org/src/ADAMK/ThreatNet-Bot-AmmoBot-0.10/t/01_compile.tThat function should probably be changed to use FindBin instead of updir() calls.
Actually, by modern standards I'd consider that a pretty half-assed. Mostly for the fact it's a highly unix usage. If it was doing it again, I'd be using IPC::Run3 or something more portable.But the same principle applied. Ditch the output, give it a -c flag, and look at the return code.
Adam K