From: Bob Schafer <nntp@...>
Date: 2007-08-25T05:10:09+09:00
Subject: Re: How to check for an error if executing a shell command e.g.	with system('commandhere')?

On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 20:07 +0200, Sebastian Hungerecker wrote:
> kazaam wrote:
> >   system('dpkg -i xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx-kernel-source')
> > How can I check if this was succesful or if there was any error?
> 
> system returns true or false depending on whether or not the command exited
> successfully. You can also look at the exit status via the global var $?
> HTH

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