$system = "$CPAN::Config->{tar} xvf $file"; $CPAN::Frontend->myprint(qq{Using Tar:$system:\n}); if (system($system)==0) { $CPAN::Frontend->myprint(qq{Untarred $file successfully\n}); } else { $CPAN::Frontend->mydie(qq{Couldn\'t untar $file\n}); }