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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: executable return values (was: curses/termcap/terminfo doc.)
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Date: 1 Aug 89 21:41:14 GMT
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jc@minya.UUCP (John Chambers) writes:
\..., and treats any
\executable file as a function whose value is its standard output.

Isn't an executable's return value (read: exit status) `totally unrelated'
to its output?
Example:

	if test $# = 0
	then
		echo wrong
		exit 0
	else
		echo OK
		exit 1
	fi
Sic!
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