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<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New"
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<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Would
someone happen to know how I can trap an error return from the pipe? Here
is what I am doing.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>unless(open(SYSCMD, "| someSystemCommand -d someFlag -u moreFlag1 -w
moreFlag2")) {</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New" size=2> DO
SOME ERROR HANDLING...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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}</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I tried eval
{}; also and nothing was trapped.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Hope someone
has an answer for this. :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=688242317-20072006><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2>Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Peter
Loo</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>