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Re: question on exitcode provided by status() method of Win32::Job

by ikegami (Patriarch)
on Nov 16, 2010 at 22:46 UTC ( [id://871859]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to question on exitcode provided by status() method of Win32::Job

Sometimes programs to use system error codes as exit codes. For example, Perl uses $! as as the error code when you call die. A quick and dirty way of finding the meaning of an system error number is to assign it to $^E. 

$ perl -E'$^E=13; say $^E;'
Permission denied

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Re^2: question on exitcode provided by status() method of Win32::Job
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 17, 2010 at 05:26 UTC

    That's strange? 

    c:\test>perl -E"$^E=13; say $^E"
The data is invalid

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    Which matches with the MS definition

    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      I wasn't on Windows at a the time. I was showing how to get the value. Sorry, I didn't make that clear.
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