Win32 - MySQL Command

[jpillonel]

Hello,

I have a perl script that check some data in a mysql database.

After that I run the mysql dump like that:

exec( "$dumper -v -$dbexp > $dumpfile" ) or die "Backup Failed ... exiting";

How can I check the return code of this command ? Something like in unix scripts ?

Thnaks for your help ?

 

[MikeLacey]

You won't get a return code from exec, use system() or open() if you need a return code.

system() works backwards to most functions, you have to say:

system($cmd) and die "Call to $cmd failed\n";

You use "and" rather than the more normal "or" or ||

Mike

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