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+++ b/cross-plat-dev-utils/perl_run.pm	Mon May 10 19:54:49 2010 +0100
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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Symbian Foundation Ltd
+# This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+# under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+# which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+# at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+#
+# Initial Contributors:
+# Mike Kinghan, mikek@symbian.org, for Symbian Foundation Ltd - initial contribution.
+
+# Subroutines to call a perl script in the current directory.
+
+use strict;
+
+# Run the perl script and return its return code.
+sub perl_run($)
+{
+	my $cmd = shift;
+	return system("perl $cmd") >> 8; 
+}
+
+# Run the perl script and return its stdout.
+sub perl_slurp($)
+{
+	my $cmd = shift;
+	return `perl $cmd`; 
+}
+
+1;
+