Re^4: Inappropriate ioctl for device error on system call

The enscript command does work from the command line and in the perl script. For some reason it seems that the == 0 or die section evaluates to the die. I do not know why considering that the other system calls work without dying. Also, I checked the $! variable after earlier system calls and the contents was already "Inappropriate ioctl for device" so it seems that this message may not be related.

Neil Watson
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Re^5: Inappropriate ioctl for device error on system call by traveler (Parson) on Dec 12, 2006 at 21:12 UTC
In that case note that enscript may have had a non-fatal termination: `Enscript returns value 1 to the shell if any errors were encountere +d. On successful termination, the return code is constructed from +the fol- lowing flags: 0 no errors or warnings 2 some lines were truncated or wrapped 4 some characters were missing from the used fonts 8 some characters were unprintable` [download] Note the On successful termination: Maybe some lines were truncated or some characters unprintable.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^5: Inappropriate ioctl for device error on system call
by traveler (Parson) on Dec 12, 2006 at 21:12 UTC

that

 Enscript  returns  value 1 to the shell if any errors were encountere
+d.
       On successful termination, the return code is constructed from 
+the fol-
       lowing flags:

       0       no errors or warnings

       2       some lines were truncated or wrapped

       4       some characters were missing from the used fonts

       8       some characters were unprintable
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On successful termination

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