Scott, don't know if you got a response to this yet, but try:

@array = `$cmd 2> &1`;

Your original statement would have redirected STDERR to a file named "1".  A
better method would be to redirect STDERR within the Perl script.  The Camel
book has a good example of this.  I'd also recommend redirecting STDERR to a
different destination than STDOUT if you're trying to parse it, otherwise
the two will become intertwined and you won't be able to tell which is
which.

Steve
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Scott.Fleming@[...].com [mailto:Scott.Fleming@[...].com]
>  Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 1:45 PM
>  To: activeperl@[...].com
>  Subject: Backquote & STDERR
>  
>  
>  Does anyone know how I can get STDERR back to a variable in my perl
>  program? I am running a system command in backquotes and need 
>  to interogate
>  STDERR to determine if it has worked or not.
>  
>  I have tried the following......
>  
>  @array = `$cmd 2>1`;
>  
>  where $cmd is the command I want to run. It appears to partly 
>  work. If I
>  omit the 2>1 I see the STDERR on my screen and with it I do 
>  not see the
>  error message. In both cases however @array only contains the 
>  STDOUT data.
>  
>  I could always pipe the output of the command to grep and 
>  search for the
>  error text but I was looking for a way to do it in Perl.
>  
>  Any help would be appreciated.
>  
>  Thanks.
>  
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