From: kazaam <kazaam@...>
Date: 2007-08-25T03:25:03+09:00
Subject: Re: How to check for an error if executing a shell command e.g. with system('commandhere')?

lol thanks this really works :D

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:11:20 +0900
Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@alice.it> wrote:

> 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
> 


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