Joe Mecklin wrote:
>
> i'm trying to use system() to run ptal-pml to retrieve pml values from
> hp printers; my problem is how to redirect the system() output. the
> variations i've tried with backticks or qx// are not accomplishing
> anything useful - i get either a numeric value or an empty str
> $system_results = system("usr/bin/ptal-pml hpjd:$ip get-$type
> $value");
I'm not sure if my suggestion will work :)
but let try to use a pipe like this:
open(PIPE,"usr/bin/ptal-pml hpjd:$ip get-$type $value |") #note the | character at the
end.
|| die "open pipe failed! : $!\n";
whi
btw
i noticed my answer had some syntax errors in it. i am sure you will find
them :-)
> -Original Message-
> From: Joe Mecklin [mailto:jm5379@;sbc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 12:31 PM
> To: Kipp, James
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: system()
James,
Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. I was trying to combine
the backticks with system() instead of replacing system() with
backticks. Someone also pointed out a missing "/" in my path, thanks
for that as well.
Joe
On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 11:26, Kipp, James wrote:
> system() d
system() does not return output, it returns status/error codes
perdloc -f system
use backticks instead
$cmd = "usr/bin/ptal-pml hpjd:$ip get-$type $value");
$system_results = `$cmd`
> -Original Message-
> From: Joe Mecklin [mailto:jm5379@;sbc.com]
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 12:06
