On 05/01/2007 07:09 PM, Vladimir Lemberg wrote:
[...]
system ( "$program -f $program.cfg" );
if ($? == -3) {
[...]
You're facing two problems: the return value for system() needs to be
shifted right by eight bits; and that value is provided in "unsigned"
form, so you have to massage it:
m
Hi Tom,
That was very helpful.
Thanks a lot,
Vladimir
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Phoenix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vladimir Lemberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Capturing an external program return cod
On 5/1/07, Vladimir Lemberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My script is executing external program, which returns code i.e 0, -1, -2, -3
etc
if ($? == -3) {
This is not working. Nothing is printing to the log file when I'm simulating
-3 code. If I print $?, it shown 65280.
The value in $? i
On 5/1/07, Vladimir Lemberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
snip
This is not working. Nothing is printing to the log file when I'm simulating -3
code.
If I print $?, it shown 65280.
snip
from perldoc -f system:
if ($? == -1) {
print "failed to execute: $!\n";
}
elsif ($? & 127) {
