> -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: still not catching error > > > I took out the exec and placed system. But even though > work.pl doesn't > exist on the remote system, still getting no error. Help! > > if (system("rsh $plant /u1/bin/forkit '/u1/bin/work.pl'") > 0) > { > excep(" $!\n"); > }
The exit status of rsh is 0 if it was able to connect to the remote system. It doesn't return the exit status of the command being run. Try this search for some suggestions on handling this issue: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=rsh+exit+status HTH -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
