Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Jose Alves de Castro
I must agree with James :-) Most times I post, I usually tend to solve the main problem without caring about the others, but I should really make an effort and act a little more like him :-) jac On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 14:25, James Edward Gray II wrote: > On Apr 29, 2004, at 5:53 AM, Durai wrote:

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Apr 29, 2004, at 5:53 AM, Durai wrote: Hi, I have written many test cases using shell script. But now I am writting in perl. I have done like the following one: open(FILE_LOG,">log_file"); Don't do this. When we ask the OS to do something for us, like open a file, we need to make

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread James Edward Gray II
On Apr 29, 2004, at 5:08 AM, Durai wrote: Hello All, In shell script file, I can call another program & checked the exit status. Like: ./prog2 if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Error" exit fi How to do in perl? Looks like you got your answer, but I want to add one more point. Remembe

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Durai
Hi, Thanks for help me. Regs, Durai. - Original Message - From: "Jose Alves de Castro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Durai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:15 PM Subject: Re: Running anothe

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Jose Alves de Castro
exit > fi > > What is the equivalent code in perl for above shell script? > > Thanks, > Durai. > > - Original Message ----- > From: "Jose Alves de Castro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Durai" <[

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Durai
exit fi What is the equivalent code in perl for above shell script? Thanks, Durai. - Original Message - From: "Jose Alves de Castro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Durai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29,

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Jose Alves de Castro
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Durai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:30 PM > Subject: Re: Running another program in current program > > > > It's the same variable :-) > > > > $? The

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Durai
ot; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:30 PM Subject: Re: Running another program in current program > It's the same variable :-) > > $? The status returned by the last pipe close, backtick (``) com- > mand,

Re: Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Jose Alves de Castro
It's the same variable :-) $? The status returned by the last pipe close, backtick (``) com- mand, successful call to wait() or waitpid(), or from the sys- tem() operator. For more info, man perlvar If you care to give it a test, here it goes: perl -e '`ls`;print $?' # prin

Running another program in current program

2004-04-29 Thread Durai
Hello All, In shell script file, I can call another program & checked the exit status. Like: ./prog2 if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Error" exit fi How to do in perl? ANy help much appreciated. Regs, Durai. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus syste