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Print system error in perl

Hi ... I am trying to get the system error msg when the directory creation is failed.
unless (`mkdir -p "xyz/abc/test"`)
{
print "Not able to create directory $!";

}
This code is running in cgi-bin script and is the output displayed as HTML. How to get the system error msg like permission denied... When this code runs..it only displays
"Not able to create directory "

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use the Perl mkdir function instead and check the return code.

mkdir - perldoc.perl.org

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