Rick:
Well, as a first idea, when you run a command via backticks (`), I believe the
$? variable gets set with the return value. Most people don't check it.
See perldoc -f system to see how to decode the return value.
Might I suggest a more Perl-centric way of doing this, as well as a few
> "Parker" == Parker Richard-A19798 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Parker> What happens is that for no particular reason that I can find,
Parker> the program dies.
Parker> What do I put in to find out what killed it or what it died from?
I have no idea, but I thought this code is more con
