I don't know about RPC, but I usually use this syntax when calling an external command:
system($cmd) == 0 or die "system @args failed: $?" perldoc -f system --- "vega, james" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having a couple interesting issues with > backticked commands performed > via RPC[1] calls to another host. The first problem > is that we will > sporadically not get back the STDOUT from the > process. The second problem > is that, after a certain point, we will stop getting > back proper return > codes. It will just return -1. This seems to occur > after we've fork()ed > and then called a Perl script from within the fork > (problems with reentrant > libraries?). Both of these have occurred with Perl > 5.8.x. These problems > have been seen on HPUX, AIX, and Suse. This has > never occurred on any of > the Windows hosts that I've used. Thanks in advance > for any help. This has > been a real mind boggler. > > James > > [1]. The RPC service I'm using is the example > service given in Chapter 13 of > Advanced Perl Programming. > > _______________________________________________ > Perl-Unix-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs ===== Anthony Ettinger Phone: (408) 656-2473 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.apwebdesign.com _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush _______________________________________________ Perl-Unix-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
