......if(defined($filelist)){
        $cmd = "$odhome\\bin\\iwodstart $iwodclient_cfg -k srcArea=$so
+urcePath -k targetArea=$targetPath -k definition=$deploymentDefinitio
+n -k workareaName=$workareaName -k filelist=$filelist -inst $$ 2>&1";
    
    }elsif(defined($workareaName)){
        $cmd = "$odhome\\bin\\iwodstart $iwodclient_cfg -k srcArea=$so
+urcePath -k targetArea=$targetPath -k definition=$deploymentDefinitio
+n -k workareaName=$workareaName -inst $$ 2>&1";
    
    }else{
        $cmd = "$odhome\\bin\\iwodstart $iwodclient_cfg -k srcArea=$so
+urcePath -k targetArea=$targetPath -k definition=$deploymentDefinitio
+n -inst $$ 2>&1";
    }
    
    
    @output = `$cmd`;
    
    print "CMD = $cmd <br>";
    
    

    #Check for the success/failure of the deployment process.
    $rc = $?;
    my $success_flag = 0;
    foreach (@output) {
        $success_flag = 1 if (/ERROR/i);
        $success_flag = 1 if (/Status: Failed/i);
    }
...

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In this code, isn't $? supposed to be mentioned in $cmd ? If its not mentioned there, will it still obtain error value from the execution of $cmd at command line ? Will this $cmd return any value if deployment is successful or not ?
If there is another execution on cmd line in the code, what error value will be represented by $? ?

Thanks

In reply to Understanding $? by manishrathi

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