Hi,
there's probably a simple answer to this but I can't figure it out. I have a simple perl script that does this 

my $cmd="dostuff.ksh";
my $res = system $cmd;
if ($res != 0) {
   print "Job has failed\n";
}

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Every time I run this  $res = -1 and I have no idea why.
If I run the ksh script from the shell $? = 0 e.g. 
$unx1: ./dokshstuff
$unx1: echo $?
0

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Since I'm not backgrounding the command or doing anything other than would I would deem to be a straightforward system call it's baffling me why this is returning -1.
I also know that the ksh script is running when called from the perl script becuase it updates a file within the script.
I've also tried checking the $? from within the perl script and it returns -1 which can't be the case (or can it ?) if the script is running properly
Any help welcome

In reply to system return -1 by Anonymous Monk

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