Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!awdprime!nostromo.austin.ibm.com!daveb From: daveb@nostromo.austin.ibm.com (Dave Burton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Checking Exit Codes (was: Re: Trojan Horses) Message-ID: <4066@awdprime.UUCP> Date: 29 Oct 90 21:55:39 GMT References: <1885@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> <5238:Oct2322:14:3690@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <1893@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> <8645:Oct2521:49:5790@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <18647@rpp386.cactus.org> <4057@awdprime.UUCP> Sender: news@awdprime.UUCP Reply-To: daveb@bach.austin.ibm.com (Dave Burton) Organization: IBM AWD, Austin, TX Lines: 9 In article <4057@awdprime.UUCP> daveb@bach.austin.ibm.com (myself) wrote: |Bzzt. assert() only "returns" to the invoker when the assertion is false. ^^^^^ Bzzt myself. Of course I meant true. If the assertion is false, the program aborts. -- Dave Burton inet: daveb@bach.austin.ibm.com uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ibmchs!auschs!nostromo!daveb