---
name: "autodie::exception::system"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/autodie::exception::system/3perl"
---

# autodie::exception::system(3perl)

Exceptions from autodying system().

## NAME

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

## SYNOPSIS

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

## 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

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

## 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

Paul Fenwick \<pjf@perltraining.com.au\>