Index: /trunk/ippTools/src/pzgetexp.c
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--- /trunk/ippTools/src/pzgetexp.c	(revision 43034)
+++ /trunk/ippTools/src/pzgetexp.c	(revision 43035)
@@ -137,5 +137,10 @@
     }
     psString cmdOutput = psSlurpFile(output);
-    pclose(output);
+    int status = pclose(output);
+
+    if (status) {
+        psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, true, "pclose() failed");
+        return false;
+    }
 
     psArray *newSummitExps = parseFileSets(config, cmdOutput);
