Friday, December 07, 2001, 7:38:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a way to use die but not break the entire script?
> system ("dir $servervolume > dirinfo") || die "cant get dir info"; > I want it that if does die to assign a value of zero to a variable? Is > that posssible? how about: $var = system ("dir ..."); it'll be 0 on success, which isn't quite what you want, but probably just as useful. check perldoc -f system -- Best regards, Daniel -- If you do what you always do, you'll get what you always get -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]