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From: jio@cpsc55.ATT.COM (James Odom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Setting DOS errorlevel in C  (How?)
Message-ID: <343@cpsc55.ATT.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 88 06:29:13 GMT
References: <6985@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
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From article <6985@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, by bobmon@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (RAMontante):
> I observe that in Turbo C (v1.5), under MSDOS 3.1, I can set the errorlevel
> either with
> 	exit( errorlevel );
> or with
> 	return( errorlevel );
> 
> Just out of curiousity, are there any [good] stylistic, philosophical, or
> other reasons for choosing one form over the other?  (Such as compatibility?)

Normally, "exit" is used to stop the program and exit to the operating 
system.  "return" is used to report status back to a calling function.
If "return" is used in the main function, it is treated the same as "exit"



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