From: Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@...>
Date: 2007-08-25T03:11:20+09:00
Subject: Re: How to check for an error if executing a shell command e.g. with system('commandhere')?

Alle venerd� 24 agosto 2007, kazaam ha scritto:
> Hi,
> I'm writing a little script to install some drivers but I wanna react in
> this script if any step fails. So e.g. I'm doing this: system('dpkg -i
> xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx-kernel-source')
> How can I check if this was succesful or if there was any error?

I think you should check the return value of system. It will return true if 
the command was run successfully and false otherwise.

Stefano