I am facing a strange problem with perl code. I have a perl package abc.pm which has following subroutine: 
sub DB_xxx
   {
    my ($dbUser, $dbPass, $db, $autoCommit) = @_;
    my $dbh;

    # logon to DB
    unless( $dbh = DBI->connect('dbi:Oracle:' . ($$db || ''), $$dbUser
+, $$dbPass,
                                {AutoCommit => $$autoCommit}) )
      {

      croak "Error connecting to database $DBI::errstr \n";

      }
                 
    return $dbh;

   }

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This method is for connecting to database

Inside my own .pl file I am using this subroutine in following manner: 
use abc qw (DB_xxx);

my $dbh;
my $stat1 = system ("gzip -t xyz.gz");
print "The stat checking:$stat1\n";

my $userid = xxx;
my $passwd = xxx;
my $database = xyz;
my $autocommit = 0;

$dbh=DB_xxx(\$userid, \$passwd, \$database, \$autocommit);

my $stat2 = system ("gzip -t xyz.gz");
print "The stat checking:$stat2\n";

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The problem is:the value of $stat1 is 0 but value of $stat2 is -1. though the .gz file is same in same location. In Solaris 8 box but in $stat1 & $stat2 have values 0 for both. But in solaris 10 box giving to two differnt output:$stat1=0 & $stat2=-1

I have also printed $!: For $stat2 it is showing error message: / No child process/

Can anybody please help me? Please it is urgent.

In reply to system function is returning status -1 when running a unix command by elf_firein

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