Re: Execute -- Why does it always return -1?

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From: Jack Rouse
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 22:25

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In article <929@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes:
>Since the CLI structure is deleted when the Execute()ed programs are done,
>I don't think you can get the return value of the last command.

Apparently, since 1.2, the result code of the executed command is
returned through the secondary result (i.e. IoErr()).  This may not
work with some Execute() patches (like "SetExecute" which came with WShell
before 1.2 was available :-).
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Jack Rouse, SAS Institute Inc., Box 8000, Cary, NC 27512  USA
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From: sasjjr@sas.UUCP (Jack Rouse)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Execute -- Why does it always return -1?
Keywords: amigados dos execute
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Date: 14 Feb 90 22:25:30 GMT
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