Re: Running a backticks command in a CGI script

Try capturing STDERR in addtion to the STDOUT output:

 $result = `foobar 2>&1`
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You should also check the value of "$?". From the docs:
$? may be set to non-0 value if the external program fails. The upper eight bits reflect specific error conditions encountered by the program (the program's "exit()" value).

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Re^2: Running a backticks command in a CGI script by Cody Fendant (Hermit) on Apr 14, 2013 at 08:47 UTC
That's done the trick, thank you. I have a full, detailed and ... incomprehensible error message now. But that's cool, I've solved the immediate problem.	[reply]