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in reply to Re: How do I get both the return value and text? backticks vs. system()
in thread How do I get both the return value and text? backticks vs. system()

Update: I got confused between $? and $!. Sorry
Hi

I suspect that we can not rely on $? alone.
From this perlmonks post
$! having a non-false value is not an indication anything is wrong.

BR,
David