Re: Best method to capture return code from system calls?

[pbeckingham]

in reply to Best method to capture return code from system calls?

I use the following to return both the status and the captured STDOUT/STDERR. It is not as simple as just checking for non-zero return status - there are bits that must be ignored.

sub executeCommand
{
  my $command = join ' ', @_;
  reverse ($_ = qx{$command 2>&1}, $? >> 8);
}

Would someone please critique this approach?