perl-ipc-system-simple: perl-ipc-system-simple (Run commands simply with detailed diagnostics) perl-ipc-system-simple: perl-ipc-system-simple: Calling Perl's in-built 'system()' function is easy; determining if perl-ipc-system-simple: it was successful is _hard_. Let's face it, '$?' isn't the nicest perl-ipc-system-simple: variable in the world to play with, and even if you _do_ check it, perl-ipc-system-simple: producing a well-formatted error string takes a lot of work. perl-ipc-system-simple: 'IPC::System::Simple' takes the hard work out of calling external perl-ipc-system-simple: commands. perl-ipc-system-simple: perl-ipc-system-simple: perl-ipc-system-simple: