From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2003-01-24T03:55:23+09:00
Subject: Re: exit status, stderr and stdout


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Bretoi [mailto:lists@debonair.net] 
> Hi Thank you,
>
> > in,out,err = Open3.popen3("some command")
> 
> How do I get the exit status for this? I'm only getting 
> stdout and stderr for this.
> 
> db

Remember, err is a filehandle, not a string.

error = err.gets
if e.nil?
   # no news is good news
else
   # problems
end

Regards,

Dan