How to return the exit status thru perl script execution?

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Re: How to return the exit status thru perl script execution? by Corion (Patriarch) on Feb 15, 2006 at 08:02 UTC
Have you looked at the documentation of the `exit` function? It does just that, allow you to pass a specific exit code. Another possibility would be to `die` in your program, but that will not allow you to specify a number and always exit with 255 (see die).	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: How to return the exit status thru perl script execution? by perlsen (Chaplain) on Feb 15, 2006 at 09:08 UTC
Thanks Corion, I have resolved the problem. regards, Perlsen	[reply]
Re: How to return the exit status thru perl script execution? by vennirajan (Friar) on Feb 15, 2006 at 09:05 UTC
You can use the `exit` function to return the value to the parent process. From the parent environment you can also get the return status. If you are using the nix , you can fetch the exit status of the previous process by printing the env variable $?. Hope the below example will help you! `#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; print "This is going to exit\n"; exit 2;` [download] `$> perl aboveProgram.pl This is going to exit $> echo $? 2 $>` [download] Regards, S.Venni Rajan. "A Flair For Excellence." -- BK Systems.*	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How to return the exit status thru perl script execution? by idle (Friar) on Feb 15, 2006 at 08:59 UTC
`... if($success){$status_code = 0} else{$status_code = 1} exit($status_code)` [download]	[reply] [d/l]