$? ($CHILD_ERROR) variable value

[1yura1]

Hi all in forum.

In my perl script i try to examine $? variable value:
---
system(""
$exit_value = $? >> 8;
if( $exit_value == 0 ){
...
}
When I run the script from command line, $? returns correct value.

But smth. goes wrong when the script is executed by cron (daemon to execute scheduled commands).
Any ideas?

Thanks,
Yura.

 

[PaulTEG]

Yura,
This *might be* because the script is itself a child of the cron daemon - dunno if this is true, just guessing at present.

Can you have the cron job start a shell script, and have the shell script kick off the perl script? Dunno if the same would apply, but it might be worth a punt

Rgds
--Paul