Perl onSuccess method not returning status

CODE FOR POSTEVENT.PL
 
#!/lcl/bin/perl -d
use Env;
use strict;
use Sys::Hostname;
use Getopt::Std;
my ($rtn, $help);
my %flags = ('t' => '', # Event class
             's' => '', # Severity
             'h' => hostname(), # hostname
             'p' => '', # Program
             'b' => '', # Business System
             'm' => '', # Message
             'g' => '', # on-call group
             'i' => '', # instructions
             'n' => 'Shell_API',
             'c' => '', # confirm an event with an email to the on-call team.
             'd' => '', # debug mode
             'u' => '', # specify a specific URL to post events
             '?' => ''  # help
             );
getopts('t:s:h:p:b:m:g:i:n:c:d:u', \%flags);
 
 
## Make sure GFS::Event is setup on this system
##
my $rtn = eval { require GFS::Event };
my $event = eval { return GFS::Event->new() };
 
if ($flags{'u'}) { $event->setURL($flags{'u'}); }
 
if ($help) { help();exit; }
 
&debug("Command line parameters: ", join (",", @ARGV)) if $flags{'d'};
&debug("Beginning $0, ", join (",", @ARGV)) if $flags{'d'};
 
my $event = GFS::Event->new();
if (! defined $event) {
        &error("Could not create event object, $@");
}
 
if ($flags{'c'}) { $event->setConfirmEventOn(); }
 
$event->postEvent(
        errorType => $flags{'t'},
        errorSeverity => $flags{'s'},
        errorGroup => $flags{'g'},
        errorProgram => $flags{'p'},
        errorSystem => $flags{'b'},
        errorMessage => "$flags{'m'}",
        errorHost => $flags{'h'},
        errorInstructions => $flags{'i'},
        errorNumber => "$flags{'n'}",
        errorSubsource => "$0",
        errorSource => "$0"
        );
 
if ($event->isSuccess()) {
        &info("Message sent to Tivoli, $flags{'m'}");
} else {
        &error("Problems sending message to Tivoli, ", $event->getStatusMsg);
}
 
sub help {
        my $usage = "Mandatory, these command line options must be specified.\n";
        $usage .= "\t-t  <Error Type>\n";
        $usage .= "\t-s <Severity Code>\n";
        $usage .= "\t-g <On-Call Group>\n";
        $usage .= "\t-m <Message>\n\n";
        $usage .= "\t-i <Operator's Instruction>\n";
        $usage .= "\t-n <errorNumber>\n";
        $usage .= "\t-c, no parameter.  If specified, an email notification will be generated in addition to the Tivoli post.\n";
        $usage .= "\t-p <Program>\n";
        $usage .= "\t-b <Business_System>\n";
        $usage .= "\t-d, no parameter.  If specified, set log level to debug.\n";
 
        &info($usage);
        return;
 
}
sub debug {
        if (! $flags{'d'}) { return }
        my $field;
        print STDOUT "[" . localtime() . "] [DEBUG] ";
        foreach $field (@_) { print STDOUT $field }
        print "\n";
}
sub info {
        my $field;
        print STDOUT "[" . localtime() . "] [INFO] ";
        foreach $field (@_) { print STDOUT $field }
        print "\n";
}
sub warn {
        my $field;
        print STDOUT "[" . localtime() . "] [WARN] ";
        foreach $field (@_) { print STDOUT $field }
        print "\n";
}
sub error {
        my $field;
        print STDOUT "[" . localtime() . "] [ERROR] ";
        foreach $field (@_) { print STDOUT $field }
        print "\n";
 
        exit 5;
}
 
 
 
 
CODE FOR EVENT.PM
package GFS::Event;
 
our $VERSION = '1.1.0';
 
## Core
use strict;
use Sys::Hostname;
use Date::Format;
 
## Location of postzmsg
use constant POSTZ_HOME => "/lcl/apps/esm/bin";
## Config file for postzmsg
use constant POSTZ_CONFIG => "/lcl/apps/esm/bin/eif.conf";
 
sub new {
        my $this = {};
    my $proto = shift;
    my $class = ref($proto) || $proto;
    bless $this, $class;
 
        my %args = @_;
 
        $this->{'STATUS'} = "";
    $this->{'POSTZ_HOME'} = $args{'postz'} || POSTZ_HOME;
    $this->{'POSTZ_CONFIG'} = $args{'postz_config'} || POSTZ_CONFIG;
 
        return $this;
}
 
sub postEvent {
        my $this = shift;
 
        my %parms = @_;
 
    my $severity = $parms{'errorSeverity'} || $parms{'err_severity'} || '';
    my $message = $parms{'errorMessage'} || $parms{'err_msg'} || '';
 
    # Removes all front white space
    $message =~ s/^\s+//;
 
    # Replaces sequence of white space with a single space
    $message =~ s/\s+/ /g;
 
    # Removes all end white space
    $message =~ s/\s+$//;
 
    # Remove carriage returns anywhere in the string
    $message =~ s/^M$//;
 
    # Remove Line Feeds
    $message =~ s/\n//g;
 
    my $type = $parms{'errorType'} || $parms{'err_type'} || '';
    my $source = $parms{'errorSource'} || $parms{'err_source'} || '';
    my $group = $parms{'errorGroup'} || $parms{'err_group'} || '';
    my $instructions = $parms{'errorInstructions'} || $parms{'err_inst'};
        if (! $instructions) { $instructions= "Please call ${group} as appropriate for severity (${severity})."; }
 
    # Removes all front white space
    $instructions =~ s/^\s+//;
 
    # Replaces sequence of white space with a single space
    $instructions =~ s/\s+/ /g;
 
    # Removes all end white space
    $instructions =~ s/\s+$//;
 
    # Remove carriage returns anywhere in the string
    $instructions =~ s/^M$//;
 
    # Remove Line Feeds
    $instructions =~ s/\n//g;
 
 
    my $host = $parms{'errorHost'} || $parms{'err_host'} || '';
    my $system = $parms{'errorSystem'} || $parms{'err_system'} || '';
    my $subSource = $parms{'errorSubSource'} || $parms{'err_subsource'} || '';
    my $program = $parms{'errorProgram'} || $parms{'err_prog'} || '';
 
$this->{'STATUS'} = system ("clear");
print "####################################################################################################  #################################### \n";
print "\n";
print "Output being sent to postzmsg....";
print "\n";
print ("$this->{'POSTZ_HOME'}/postzmsg -f $this->{'POSTZ_CONFIG'} -r ${severity} -m '${message}' OnCallGroup=${group} ISOC_Instructions='${instructions}' Node=${host} SubSource=${subSource} System=${system}
Program=${program} ${type} ${source} ");
print "\n";
print "####################################################################################################  #################################### \n";
print "\n";
 
    $this->{'STATUS'} = system("$this->{'POSTZ_HOME'}/postzmsg -f $this->{'POSTZ_CONFIG'} -r ${severity} -m '${message}' OnCallGroup=${group} ISOC_Instructions='${instructions}' Node=${host} SubSource=${subS
ource} System=${system} Program=${program} ${type} ${source}");
 
    return $this->{'STATUS'};
 
}
 
## Mostly legacy getters/setters for backwards compatibility
sub setLogFile { my $this = shift; $this->{'log_file'} = shift; }
sub setStatus { my $this = shift; $this->{'STATUS'} = shift; }
sub setStatusMsg { my $this = shift; $this->{'STATUS_MSG'} = shift; }
sub setConfirmEventOn { my $this = shift; $this->{'confirm_event'} = "TRUE"; }
sub setConfirmEventOff { my $this = shift; $this->{'confirm_event'} = ""; }
sub confirmEvent { my $this = shift; return $this->{'confirm_event'}; }
sub getLogFile { my $this = shift; return $this->{'log_file'}; }
sub getStatus { my $this = shift; return $this->{'STATUS'}; }
sub getStatusMsg { my $this = shift; return $this->{'STATUS_MSG'}; }
sub getContentMsg { my $this = shift; return $this->{'CONTENT_MSG'}; }
sub getFromAddr { my $this=shift; return $this->{'email_from_addr'}; }
sub getSuppDistList { my $this=shift; return $this->{'email_distribution_list'}; }
sub getOncallGrp { my $this=shift; return $this->{'default_oncall_group'}; }
sub getURL { my $this=shift; return $this->{'URL'} }
sub setURL { my $this=shift; $this->{'URL'} = shift;}
sub printURL { my $this=shift; return join ("\n", split /\|/, $this->{'URL'}) }
sub isSuccess { my $this = shift; return $this->{'STATUS'} }
 
## -----------------------------sendErrortoTivoli-------------------------------- ##
## Legacy method used to reformat a hashmap into the postEvent call.
##
sub sendError2Tivoli {
 
        my $class = shift;
        my $postEvent = shift;
        my %tivEvent = %{$postEvent};
        my $event = GFS::Event->new();
        $event->setConfirmEventOff();
 
        if (! $tivEvent{'err_host'}) { $tivEvent{'err_host'} = hostname(); }
        $event->postEvent(
                                        errorType => $tivEvent{'err_type'},
                                        errorSeverity => $tivEvent{'err_severity'},
                                        errorGroup => $tivEvent{'err_group'},
                                        errorProgram => $tivEvent{'err_prog'},
                                        errorSystem => $tivEvent{'err_system'},
                                        err_msg => $tivEvent{'err_msg'},
                                        errorHost => $tivEvent{'err_host'},
                                        errorInstructions => $tivEvent{'err_inst'},
                                        errorNumber => "$tivEvent{err_n}",
                                        errorSubsource => $tivEvent{'subsource'}
                                 );
        return $event->getStatusMsg();
}
1;
 
##
sub sendError2Tivoli {
 
        my $class = shift;
        my $postEvent = shift;
        my %tivEvent = %{$postEvent};
        my $event = GFS::Event->new();
        $event->setConfirmEventOff();
 
        if (! $tivEvent{'err_host'}) { $tivEvent{'err_host'} = hostname(); }
        $event->postEvent(
                                        errorType => $tivEvent{'err_type'},
                                        errorSeverity => $tivEvent{'err_severity'},
                                        errorGroup => $tivEvent{'err_group'},
                                        errorProgram => $tivEvent{'err_prog'},
                                        errorSystem => $tivEvent{'err_system'},
                                        err_msg => $tivEvent{'err_msg'},
                                        errorHost => $tivEvent{'err_host'},
                                        errorInstructions => $tivEvent{'err_inst'},
                                        errorNumber => "$tivEvent{err_n}",
                                        errorSubsource => $tivEvent{'subsource'}
                                 );
        return $event->getStatusMsg();
}
1;
 
__END__
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