------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 17:29:49 -0400, "HENRY,MARK (HP-Roseville,ex1)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > Anyone know if it's possible for the return/exit value of a script, in the > event of success, to be something other than 0? > > I want to call, from a shell script, a perl script that determines a certain > record ID from a database. When the ID has been obtained, the script would > exit, and the calling shell script would receive the returned value. > > The 'return' command doesn't allow this - I've thought of setting an env > variable - not sure how to export it from perl so the environment sees it. > Would like to get plan A to work first though.. > perldoc -f exit perldoc -f die Should provide the answers. Essentially you can call either with any value you want (though there may be a limitation on the size depending on the OS, shell, etc.). http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
