/ / print "\nUpdating yum and MySQL configuration files\n"; system("/home/httpd/perl/modify_config_files.pl"); my $returnvalue = $?>>8; if ($returnvalue == 1) { ## the /etc/my.cnf file was modified. print "**** WARNING: You need to restart MySQL at this time.\n". " Use the command \"/etc/init.d/mysqld restart\"\n"; }