Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!sdrc!scjones
From: scjones@sdrc.UUCP (Larry Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: exit codes (was: Identifier length?)
Message-ID: <678@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 89 22:17:59 GMT
References: <627@maxim.ERBE.SE> <1989Mar16.171213.21210@utzoo.uucp> <6268@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Organization: Structural Dynamics Research Corp., Cincinnati
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In article <6268@bsu-cs.UUCP>, dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
> Existing programs almost never use anything other than a return code of
> 0, 1, or 2.  It almost doesn't matter what the standard says about the
> number of bits used.  In fact the standard could simply have said:
> "...if the value of the exit code is not 0, 1, or 2, it is interpreted
> in an implementation-dependent manner".  That would not affect more
> than about 0.2% of existing C programs.  The current standard affects
> all of them.

No, Rahul, it doesn't affect all of them.  Those of us who have
been writing REALLY portable code have been using exit(SUCCESS)
and exit(FAILURE) all along.

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