--- /root/old/ltp-full-20080531/testcases/kernel/fs/linktest/linktest.pl	2007-07-22 02:13:34.000000000 +0530
+++ /root/ltp-full-20080531/testcases/kernel/fs/linktest/linktest.pl	2008-06-10 17:50:17.000000000 +0530
@@ -25,14 +25,20 @@
 #  HISTORY     : 
 #     (05/07/01)v.99  Needed a quick script to test a hardlink limitation that was found. 
 
+$status=0;
 
-`mkdir hlink`;
-`mkdir slink`;
-`touch hlink/hfile`;
-`touch slink/sfile`;
+$ret = system("mkdir hlink");
+$ret = system("mkdir slink");
+$ret = system("touch hlink/hfile");
+$ret = system("touch slink/sfile");
 
+if ($ret){
+    printf ("Error %d: Not able to create dir/file's\n " , $ret);
+    exit -1;
+}
 $scount=shift @ARGV;
 chdir "slink";
+
 for($x=0;$x<$scount;$x++) {
    $result=symlink("sfile","sfile$x");
    if(!$result) {
@@ -52,5 +58,19 @@ unlink <slink/sfile*>;
 rmdir hlink;
 rmdir slink;
 
-printf ("%-8s %4d       %s  :  %s:%d\n", "linker01", 0, $herrors == 0 ? "PASS" : "FAIL", "Hard Link Errors    ", $herrors);
-printf ("%-8s %4d       %s  :  %s:%d\n", "linker01", 0, $serrors == 0 ? "PASS" : "FAIL", "Symbolic Link Errors", $serrors);
+if($herrors) {
+    printf ("linker01 : FAIL Hard Link Errors = %d\n", $herrors);
+    $status = -1
+}
+else {
+    printf ("linker01 : HardLink Test PASS\n" )
+}
+if($serrors) {
+    printf ("linker01 : FAIL Soft Link Errors = %d\n", $serrors);
+    $status = -1
+}
+else {
+    printf ("linker01 : SoftLink Test PASS\n" )
+}
+
+exit $status