From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2007-08-27T04:47:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Why does: system("./ati-driver-installer-8.40.4-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/feisty") not work ? It always fails without any error?

kazaam wrote:

> I don't know exactly what you mean. Normally --buildpkg is verbos-mode 
> like, so when it fails it's normally printed on the screen. With the two 
> methods mentioned above I also have output for progress and success/error 
> on the screen. system() is not supressing any errors. They are normaly 
> printed on the screen, so system() always makes verbose messages or do you 
> mean something else?

system('') will print the output "on the screen", meaning to the console.

>>     response = `run ... --verbose-or-whatever ...`

Backticks, ``, will return the output to your program as a string.

>> Now use Rexexp to interpret the response and detect success or failure.

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