autodie::exception::system(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide autodie::exception::system(3pm)

# [NAME](#NAME)

autodie::exception::system - Exceptions from autodying system().

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
    eval {
        use autodie qw(system);
        system($cmd, @args);
    };
    if (my $E = $@) {
        say "Ooops!  ",$E->caller," had problems: $@";
    }
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This is a autodie::exception class for failures from the "system" command.

Presently there is no way to interrogate an "autodie::exception::system" object for the command, exit status, and other information you'd expect such an object to hold. The interface will be expanded to accommodate this in the future.

## [stringify](#stringify)

When stringified, "autodie::exception::system" objects currently use the message generated by IPC::System::Simple.

# [LICENSE](#LICENSE)

Copyright (C)2008 Paul Fenwick

This is free software. You may modify and/or redistribute this code under the same terms as Perl 5.10 itself, or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Paul Fenwick <pjf@perltraining.com.au>

2026-10-27 perl v5.44.0

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Document: autodie::exception::system(3pm) from perl 5.44.0-r4 (Chainguard OS)
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