Re: perl program return error code to ksh

returns a 0 error code even with a die statement

I'm pretty sure die is returning a nonzero value. That's how it is designed. Here is what I mean:

~# perl -e 'die "trying"'
trying at -e line 1
~# echo $?
255
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As mentioned elsewhere the Perl script may be getting executed in such a way that the return code is obfuscated. Something like:

myscript.pl | do_something
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What does the sniglet of shell code look like that is invoking the Perl script?

Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional
Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg

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Re^2: perl program return error code to ksh by Anonymous Monk on Jun 24, 2014 at 18:37 UTC
`${BIN_DIR}/tapeloadListing.pl >> ${LOGS_DIR}/corps.${VERSION_DATE}.l +og #2>&1 if (( $? == 0 )); then echo "PERL script used to get the tapeload snapshot ra +n successfully" else echo "PERL script used to get the tapeload snapshot fa +iled, hence aborting the script as the files can't be downloaded" \| m +ailx -s "CORP V2 BUILD ERROR - ${VERSION_DATE}" ${MAIL_ADMIN} exit 1; fi` [download] The perl code `$fh = new FileHandle; $fh -> open("< /export/home/$ADMIN/pwds/ftp_pass.txt") or die "Error o +pening FTP password file, $!"; $TAPELOAD_PWD = sprintf <$fh>; $fh -> close; print $TAPELOAD_PWD chomp($TAPELOAD_PWD);` [download] If I put in a totally incorrect user in the perl code, the KSH script still continues to run which I want to exit immediately.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: perl program return error code to ksh by blue_cowdawg (Monsignor) on Jun 24, 2014 at 18:42 UTC
add some code tags pretty please? Peter L. Berghold -- Unix Professional Peter -at- Berghold -dot- Net; AOL IM redcowdawg Yahoo IM: blue_cowdawg	[reply]
Re^3: perl program return error code to ksh by RonW (Parson) on Jun 25, 2014 at 15:47 UTC
Are you seeing the message: Error opening FTP password file, .... ? Where you say: If I put in a totally incorrect user in the perl code, the KSH script still continues to run which I want to exit immediately. implies the Perl script error is somewhere else.	[reply]


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