- system($::lx_office_conf{applications}->{openofficeorg_writer},
- "-minimized", "-norestore", "-nologo", "-nolockcheck", "-headless",
- "file:${filename}.odt",
- "macro://" . (split('/', $filename))[-1] . "/Standard.Conversion.ConvertSelfToPDF()");
+ if (system($::lx_office_conf{applications}->{openofficeorg_writer},
+ "-minimized", "-norestore", "-nologo", "-nolockcheck", "-headless",
+ "file:${filename}.odt",
+ "macro://" . (split('/', $filename))[-1] . "/Standard.Conversion.ConvertSelfToPDF()") == -1) {
+ die "system call to $::lx_office_conf{applications}->{openofficeorg_writer} failed: $!";
+ }