Re: breaking from a script

[krujos]

in reply to breaking from a script

To exit from the script you can use  exit $errorcode;
I would use a reg ex to match that string i guess. Or check the error level of the adduser command (which is probably a better option for what your trying to do). Do this using perls built in system call.If you try to add a user that already exists it probably wont exit with 0.

 
if (!system("adduser bob")) { 
  exit 0;
} else {
  exit 122
}

[hostux]

hi again, excuse me for my complete stupidity, but how can i integrate that into my script? where would i print the error message in this code?

[krujos]

if (!system("adduser bob")) { 
  print "system returned 0 everything is ok";
  exit 0;
} else {
  print "there was an error, exit and return 127 to the os";
  exit 122;
}