Subject: RE: Testing for command success
Can you try this ?
system ("tar cvf ../test.tar *.grib");
if ($? == 0) {
print "\nSuccess!\n";
}
else {
print "\nUnsuccessful!\n";
}
The return code is in the perl $? variable. See perldoc perlvar for
details.
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On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 11:37, siren jones wrote:
> I'd like to test the following command to see if it
> ran successfully? Have no idea how or which variable stores
> the success of a command ($!, $], $_ )?
>
> system "tar cvf ../test.tar *.grib";
>
>
> Tried:
>
> if (system "tar cvf ../test.t
Can you try this ?
system ("tar cvf ../test.tar *.grib");
if ($? == 0) {
print "\nSuccess!\n";
}
else {
print "\nUnsuccessful!\n";
}
The return code is in the perl $? variable. See perldoc perlvar for
details.
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From: siren jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
