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From: nate@altos86.UUCP (Nathaniel Ingersoll)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: test the exit status inside a shell
Keywords: exit status
Message-ID: <606@altos86.UUCP>
Date: 29 Sep 88 22:44:52 GMT
References: <5651@sgistl.SGI.COM> <3741@boulder.Colorado.EDU>
Reply-To: nate@altos86.UUCP (Nathaniel Ingersoll)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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	In article <3741@boulder.Colorado.EDU> wu@spot.Colorado.EDU (WU SHI-KUEI) writes:
	>In article <5651@sgistl.SGI.COM> larry@sgistl.SGI.COM (Larry Autry) writes:
	>>Is there a way to test the exit status of the previously executed process
	>>while in a shell?  In other words, if the previous program returned an exit
	>>status of (2) (or even (0)), then perform something based upon that return 
	>>value.
	>
	>The shell variable $? is set to the exit status of the last executed command.
	>
	>Carl Brandauer


In csh, the shell variable $status is set to the exit status of the
last command.
-- 
Nathaniel Ingersoll
Altos Computer Systems, SJ CA
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