in reply to DNScmd in perl script

Aside from the fact that the code you posted does not compile because the if/else is missing curlies, it seems as though the dnscmd command is failing. You should print the value of $? so that you can get more information as to the cause of the failure.

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Re^2: DNScmd in perl script
by ajd335 (Novice) on Jul 28, 2008 at 21:18 UTC
    Hi Toolic , Yes I forgot to copy paste the curly brackets. The value of $? gives me -1 . I have tried out the same command with same argument on DOS , which gives me correct zones. 
    if (not  @zones) {
if ($?) {
print "Error "; }
else {  " zones done";  }
}

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    So was wondering why its like that..
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      I personally believe, ajd335, that you made my day: we recommend all the time not to retype code to avoid such inconveniences, and appearently you have "selective" a copy-paste which will emulate the same error! Sorry for the humour, but please do not take it as personal attack and accept it as a good piece of advice to the effect of really using copy-paste.

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