eep! I am referring to the system() call there... :)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:09:50 +0530 (IST) From: Deen Hameed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Russell Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "<" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: pulling file name into perl Hi Russell, It executes a command and returns the EXIT STATUS of the command. If you look in $date, you will find the exit status of "ls ..." as returned by the wait() call. deen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]