Re: External command execution - Strange Error

Sorry for not explaining it properly.

When I meant, i checked the return/exit status. I checked the $? and found it as -1. If it is -1, we are supposed to check the $! which has the string - explanation of the error.

The tar command I used is very simple, `tar -cf logs.tar logout.txt logerr.txt`

Thanks for your reply.. Kindly help me in figuring out the issue.

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Re^2: External command execution - Strange Error - No child process by zentara (Cardinal) on Jul 25, 2011 at 17:02 UTC
See no child process error in perl You are getting the return value from waitpid probably done automatically by the backticks. The solution is to set `$SIG{CHLD} = 'DEFAULT';` [download] in your Perl script. Or figure out how to localize it `local $SIG{CHILD} = 'IGNORE';` [download] I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: External command execution - Strange Error - No child process by cdarke (Prior) on Jul 26, 2011 at 08:43 UTC
Presumably you shifted $? to get the exit code: `$? >> 8` as documented in perlvar?	[reply] [d/l]