Hey Monks

I've got a system I'm working on consisting of several listings that I've been working on to solve certain parts of the problem. The general format is as follows: 

#! /usr/bin/perl

package diskman::runner;

use strict;
use warnings;

use XML::Simple;

# Accept arguments from the config.xml file
my $args = XMLin('config/config.xml') or die "Can not read config.xml\
+n";

# Run the HP utility on every server in the config file
foreach my $server (@{$args->{server}})
{
    system(qq[wine "/home/nathan/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/HP\ Remo
+te\ System\ Management/"hprsmcli.exe -s $server -u $args->{user} -p $
+args->{pass} -f $args->{fmt} -o $args->{winepath}.$server -t $args->{
+options}]);
}

# Script is done
print "Runner Done\n";

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I've got 4 listings like this that I need to tie together in one script. This question is about my options for achieving such a package

Firstly, I know of system, exec, and backticks. If I run it using one of those, how do I know the script was successful and didn't die? Do warnings come back to my "main script"?. Secondly, what is the advantage of the package system? I'm thinking that I didn't design the listings as "modules" in a way that I can interface with them with use. I would just like to run them and return to the main script with some indication of failure or success. Do I need to use any package/use syntax?

Ransom

In reply to Running script from script by Ransom

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