> I notice that the *actual* exit code I'm getting is 256.  Has that
> changed since the OP or is there some bit-shifting going on here?
>

If you are testing the return from a system call, "To get the actual exit
value, divide by 256. (The lower eight bits are set if the process died
from a signal.)" Thus spake "Perl in a Nutshell", 2nd Ed. p139.



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