SCP return code 256

mantra2006 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks

I am using an SCP command to send a file to UK server. Its working
on the command prompt giving return code "0" where as
when I run through scheduler it returns me "256" as return
but the file successfully got scp'ed
...any ideas...my code is below not enitre code just SCP

my $scpcp = "scp $rfilewithpath $destdir";
my $ret = system("$scpcp");
print STDERR "scp return code is $ret\n";
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Thanks & Regards
Sridhar

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Re: SCP return code 256 by samtregar (Abbot) on Apr 11, 2007 at 18:48 UTC
To get the exit code from system() you must decode $?. From `perldoc -f system`: `if ($? == -1) { print "failed to execute: $!\n"; } elsif ($? & 127) { printf "child died with signal %d, %s coredump\ +n", ($? & 127), ($? & 128) ? ’with’ : ’without +’; } else { printf "child exited with value %d\n", $? >> 8; }` [download] In your case that means scp returned with exit code 1. According to the scp manpage that means it encountered an error, although it doesn't tell you what kind. -sam	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: SCP return code 256 by Krambambuli (Curate) on Apr 11, 2007 at 19:29 UTC
Try maybe `my $scpcp = "scp -v $rfilewithpath $destdir"; ...` [download] to get some debugging help and check STDOUT and STDERR afterwards. (You run this on a Unix or on a Windows platform ?...) What exactly do you mean by saying "... when I run through scheduler..." ? Might be that you already have the debugging info somewhere, just need to find where it is written/appended to ...?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: SCP return code 256 by Gyro (Monk) on Apr 11, 2007 at 21:10 UTC
Greetings, tilly had answered one like this back in 2001. Here is the node Re (tilly) 5: Seeking Feed back this was in response to a question on using scp Re: Re (tilly) 3: Seeking Feed back. If there is a difference in running by hand and running it from your scheduler, then it's possible a product your scheduler. We use cron, so I have to remember to include portions of my environment in my scripts. Cheers, Gyro	[reply]
Re: SCP return code 256 by salva (Canon) on Apr 12, 2007 at 08:30 UTC
That's probably the `$PATH` environment variable not being correctly set on your crontab	[reply] [d/l]