Re^2: Capture Exit Code Using Pipe & Tee

merlyn's answer was dead on, for some reason it earlier it wasn't returning an error code, now with a minor tweak to merlyn's code I was able to get it working exactly like I wanted. THANKS A MILLION! This is a best place on the net for anything perl. I will be donating some $$$....

my code for completeness:

         open MAKE, "make -f <params> 2>&1 |" or die;
         open (LOGFILE, ">>build.log") or die;
         while (<MAKE>) { print LOGFILE $_; print }
         close MAKE; # to get $?
         my $exit = $? >> 8;
         close LOGFILE;
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Re^3: Capture Exit Code Using Pipe & Tee by Anonymous Monk on Jul 08, 2010 at 20:46 UTC
the code wasn't actually returning the error code for the make file as far as i could tell. I used it to run any program, and had to add this at the end: `exit $exit;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Capture Exit Code Using Pipe & Tee by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 08, 2010 at 22:11 UTC
the code wasn't actually returning the error code for the make file as far as i could tell. Correct, because that wasn't the question. The question was about obtaining `make`'s exit code.	[reply] [d/l]