-- Bill Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> But what if command blah does not output anything? In this
> case, $a is null, as it is when the command fails.
Either:
Look for a success message and change the sense of the test.
Run the remote command in verbose mode.
Wrap the remote command in something that does output a
reasonable message (or re-write it to do so if you have
any control).
If the command has neither verbose mode nor any useful
messages by default then give its programmer 30 lashes
w/ a wet noodle for designing undecipherable code.
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