From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2002-05-30T00:54:58+09:00
Subject: Re: OS independent scripts, system calls on Windows and Linux


--- Nikodemus Siivola <tsiivola@cc.hut.fi> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Tobias Reif wrote:
> 
> > > system "program -lot -of -flags" || raise "program failed"
> >
> > is that the same as Nobu's
> >
> > system(*command) or exit 1
> 
> Basically yep. Only his is neater. ;)

Is it relevant to the question that the first on there throws a
catchable exception, so that further processing may ensue, as opposed
to just exiting immediately as the second example shows?


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