Re: Check if "System" was succesful

but for a system related WTDI,

my $result = system("copy bleh blah");
#system returns opposite ... IIRC

if(! $result)
{
   print "success\n";
}
else 
{
   print "oh no!\n";
}
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Re: Re: Check if "System" was succesful by BazB (Priest) on Apr 09, 2004 at 16:20 UTC
The usual (and slightly more compact) way to check a system call is: `system( $cmd ) == 0 or die "System call failed: $!";` The " `== 0`" deals with the fact that system returns 0/false on success, not true like most perl functions. If the information in this post is inaccurate, or just plain wrong, don't just downvote - please post explaining what's wrong. That way everyone learns.	[reply] [d/l] [select]