NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/lang/perl/7782

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From: [e-mail] (Guy Harel)
Subject: How to get to $? of /bin/sh
Message-ID: <guy.726876346@tdsb-s>
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Organization: Hydro-Quebec (DSB)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:05:46 GMT
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Hi,

I`m new to PERL, and would like to know how to get the value of
the status var ($?) of a command submitted to the SH:

For example the following gets rid of the error message, as I want:

    $status=`cp >/dev/null 2>&1`;

But if I try to print $? on the second line, I get '0' since the PERL
line executed without problems.

Can I get to $? without resorting to:

    $status=`cp 2>/dev/null; echo $? `;


Thanks

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