thnx to all for the feedback. $! and $? is what I was looking for and anyothers which there aren't.
Now I am on a mission to find a bug in XML::Simple related to rsh, system commands and lack of sanity. > -----Original Message----- > From: david [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 2:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: globally scoped variables changed > > > backticks is simply an operator in Perl that tells Perl to > run something and > capture whatever that external program sends to standout. > backticks itself > doesn't set/unset/change/pupulate any variables(well except > $!, $? etc when > Perl is having problem running your program and trying to > tell you that). > as far as user variable is concern, backticks doesn't change > any of those. > it's what you assign the output of backticks that matters. it > that case, > you can capture the output of backticks to anything you like > including: > > my > out > local > > david > > backticks do not change any > Nikola Janceski wrote: > > > I am trying to pin point some error I am getting with a > module (from some > > old post that one person responded to). > > > > I have narrowed it down some point elsewhere in MY programming. > > > > The point is a backtick execution. ie. my @output = `some > command that > > spews output`; > > > > QUESTION: What are all the possible globally scoped variables that > > backticks can possible set/unset/change/populate? > > > > Thanx! > > > > Nikola Janceski > > > > As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to > ostentatious virtue. > > -- Albert Einstein (1879-1955) > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > > -------------------- > > The views and opinions expressed in this email message are > the sender's > > own, and do not necessarily represent the views and > opinions of Summit > > Systems Inc. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
