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in thread Problem calling one script from another

Unfortunately, system() and backticks don't set $!. They do set $?, however, with the exit status << 8 or'ed with the signal that terminated the subprocess, if any. Here's an example from system on checking the value of $?: 
You can check all the failure possibilities by inspecting
$? like this:

    $exit_value  = $? >> 8;
    $signal_num  = $? & 127;
    $dumped_core = $? & 128;

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Re (tilly) 3: Problem calling one script from another
by tilly (Archbishop) on Dec 11, 2000 at 10:31 UTC
    Oops.

    That is why I test code before I put it into production.

    (As you can see I really do take my advice about modules. And I don't often use system. But I should have known better on that one. Well I did but forgot.)

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