The Perl system() function can only handle 8-bit returns values, which
is insufficient for most Win32 programs. For example, using ".reboot-on
194" is common in scripts that use todo.pl to run MSI installers.
194 = 0xC2
MSI error code ERROR_SUCCESS_REBOOT_REQUIRED = 3010
3010 = 0x00000BC2
The lower 8-bits are the only piece of the return code provided by
system(), which explains the "194". This should be considered a bug in
todo.pl
One possible solution is to use IPC::System::Simple, which allows
running system commands and retrieving the 32-bit return value:
http://search.cpan.org/~pjf/IPC-System-Simple-1.18/lib/IPC/System/Simple.pm#WINDOWS-SPECIFIC_NOTES
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