[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Gurus,
>
> What will end up in $return when the following line executes? I've got 
> $5 that says it gets NOTHING. Am I right or wrong?
>
> $return = `java netman.client.NetMan_Request
>               ...[arguments]...
>               2> /usr/local/log/test.system_messages.log
>               > /usr/local/log/nm_req.log`;
>
> Thanks!
>

I'd have thought you wouldn't get anything unless it failed? 2> 
redirects the STDERR to a file and > will redirect STDOUT leaving 
nothing to return to $return, unless maybe it fails and returns an exit 
code? However, I'm not expert! :-P

Nath
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