System Command Results

From: Gary (reachus_at_netlink.info)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 12:25:57 -0400

I can see how to check success or failure of a system command but how can I
see what was actually returned by the command to be able to do further
processing.

I know I could write the answer to a file and read the file but it seems
pretty crude.

G

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