Re: windows program return values vs perl return values from a call to system() -- windows post only
- From: Purl Gurl <purlgurl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:16:00 -0700
Purl Gurl wrote:
Fred wrote:
my $prog_to_B_run="C:\\WINNT\\system32\\notepad.exe";
Change your command line to,
$prog_to_B_run="C:\\bad\\path\\to\\notepad.exe";
Observe results. You need to perform a little fine tuning.
#!perl
$prog_to_B_run="c:\\bad\\path\\to\\notepad.exe";
$stat = system("$prog_to_B_run") || die "$!";print "STAT: $stat\n";
***
C:\APACHE\USERS\TEST>perl test.pl Bad command or file name No such file or directory at test.pl line 5.
Without a die, your original code will return a zero success, then execute your else block which indicates notepad ran successfully, when actually a "Bad command or file name" error message is generated.
Purl Gurl
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