From: Albert Schlef <albertschlef@...>
Date: 2008-05-08T00:56:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting pipe return codes from SYSTEM command

> 
> system("ls |  bzip2 -c > ./out.txt")
> 
> how can I still get the return code of ls?
> 

If you're using bash then it has an shell variable that records the exit 
status of all commands in a pipeline (it's an array). Do 'man bash'.
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