ActivePerl exit codes

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Re: ActivePerl exit codes by Joost (Canon) on Jun 11, 2004 at 10:31 UTC
You can set your own exit code in perl like this: `exit $exit_code;` [download] So it's likely that the answer is in the perl code you are running. Joost. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: ActivePerl exit codes by qadwjoh (Scribe) on Jun 11, 2004 at 10:36 UTC
What I have is a Perl command in a Windows batch file which for some reason is failing with an exit code of 13. The Perl script itself can't exit with this number - there is no "exit 13" in my code - therefore it must be a problem with the Perl command itself. A	[reply]
Re^3: ActivePerl exit codes by Joost (Canon) on Jun 11, 2004 at 10:47 UTC
Hmmm. No modules that could `exit`? `die` is supposed to exit with 255, so that can't be it. What's the actual error message (if there is one)? update: you're not setting $? anywhere? "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: ActivePerl exit codes by qadwjoh (Scribe) on Jun 11, 2004 at 10:53 UTC
Re^5: ActivePerl exit codes by Joost (Canon) on Jun 11, 2004 at 11:12 UTC
Re: ActivePerl exit codes by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2004 at 12:00 UTC
If the exit code is an error return from a system call being passed through, it could mean ERROR_INVALID_DATA, but the only way to interprete that (maybe) is if you knew what syscall was returning it. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail	[reply]
Re^2: ActivePerl exit codes by qadwjoh (Scribe) on Jun 11, 2004 at 14:12 UTC
Turns out it's a 'permission denied error' : perl.exe can't open the perl script. I had the script run again and redirected both STDOUT and STDERR to a file and that's what it prints out. It's funny there's no listing of these codes on the net somewhere... Thanks for the help, A	[reply]
Re^3: ActivePerl exit codes by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2004 at 14:43 UTC
Take a look at errno.h in your local C compiler include directory. 13 translates to EACCESS which marries up with your 'permission denied'. From that I guess it is safe to assume that perl.exe uses the appropriate unix-style error code as exit values. It would be nice if this was tagged in perlrun somewhere, but it probably the default expectation for unix tools and so doesn't rate a mention. Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail	[reply]
Re^4: ActivePerl exit codes by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 11, 2004 at 14:56 UTC
Re^5: ActivePerl exit codes by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 11, 2004 at 15:27 UTC