diff -ruN e-smith-backup-2.2.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar
--- e-smith-backup-2.2.0.old/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar	2014-01-11 08:59:09.000000000 -0800
+++ e-smith-backup-2.2.0/root/etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar	2014-01-11 15:06:56.000000000 -0800
@@ -401,15 +401,18 @@
 my @bknum;
 my @setd;
 my @bkname;
-open(DAR_LIST, "/usr/bin/dar_manager -Q -B $catalog -l |");
+my $pid = open (DAR_LIST, "-|", "/usr/bin/dar_manager", "-Q", "-B", "$catalog", "-l") or ldie ("Cannot start : $!");
 while (<DAR_LIST>)
 {
-	next unless ($_ =~ /set/);
-	chomp;
-	($bknum[$i], $setd[$i], $bkname[$i]) = split(' ', $_, 3);
-	$i++;
+    next unless ($_ =~ /set/);
+    chomp;
+    ($bknum[$i], $setd[$i], $bkname[$i]) = split(' ', $_, 3);
+    $i++;
 }
+waitpid ($pid, 0);
+$err = WEXITSTATUS($?);
 close (DAR_LIST);
+ldie ("Catalog error : $err") if $err;
 
 # delete from catalog old removed backups