Re: EXIT_FAILURE problem

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From: Thomas Koenig
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 16:00

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In comp.std.c, halasz@caip.rutgers.edu wrote:

>The error is that the library indeed translated.  We hav prevented the
>programmer who uzes this system from uzing "exit" for _other_ exit-status
>that he knows is to be had on this system.

If a program I wrote returned a condition code of 2048 under MVS
via exit(2048), how would you like to translate this into a
UNIX environment, where the exit status is confirmed to a
single byte?
-- 
Thomas König, Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet.
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double
logarithmic diagram.

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From: ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
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Subject: Re: EXIT_FAILURE problem
Date: 16 Sep 1995 18:00:23 +0200
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