Hi Monks,

this question is regarding the special variable $? 

Is there a known portability issue between Perl and Windows related to $?

When I use the following piece of code 

   #---------------------------------------------
    my $cmd = "$search_application  something";
    my $ret = qx($search_application);

    unless ( $? == 0 ) {    
        print "value \$? : $?\n";
        die "Something not found\n";
    }	
   #---------------------------------------------

on Unix the $? has value 256 which is correct. 
But on windows $? stays 0 which I can not explain.

When I run the command in a shell both unix and windows shell variables $? and %ERRORLEVEL% are "1" so the application is not the problem. 

Thanx in advance!