Illegal Seek on Add a file via task

Icebreaker

Hi There,

I am getting 'Illegal seek' error when I try to add files to the task via ipl. Here is the snippet of the code. The file that is being attached has correct permissions set.

$task->AddFile("templatedata/NonJFP/MENU_TREE/output/HelpReferenceContentIndex.xml", "Files Attached") || ($AddfileRes=$!);

if ($AddfileRes)
{
        debug("Error atttaching the xml file to the task:\n $AddfileRes");
        $task->CallBack(1,"Error in Attaching file");
}
else
{
        debug("HelpReferenceContentIndex.xml file attached to the job");
}

$task->CallBack(0,"XML Generated");

Error Message: Error atttaching the xml file to the task:
Illegal seek


Any clue?

Regards,

ISCBorisB

$! is a global Perl's Variable, it is changed by multiple System calls. You may not rely on it for WFtask::AddFile
Method. Try to attach File manually by running CLT 'iwaddtaskfile', that's what Method does on your behalf.
STDOUT/STDERR output will show you what the problem really is.

(WFtask::AddFile method may in fact change $!. Problem is, that value reflects the last System call state, not
the AddFile problem. In particular, "illegal seek" error is often an artifact of piping backtick's STDOUT
into Perl variable. With very few advanced coding exceptions you can always ignore it)