understanding appl. exit codes

Article View: comp.sys.mac

Article #37517

#37517

From: David A. Vincent
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 1989 23:37

12 lines
1064 bytes

When an application dies under multifinder, sometimes a 
window appears, saying something like "The application has
unexpectedly quit (2)".  Does anyone know how to interpret the number
that appears in the brackets (it isn't always 2 :-)?  

David A. Vincent          vacation student, CSIRO Division of IT
ACSnet:     vincent@ditsyda.oz            Post:  GPO Box 1710-T
Phone (w):  +61 2 887 9383                       Hobart TAS 7001
FidoNet:    3:670/700                            Australia
----------------------------------------------------------------
Irrationality is the square root of all evil.   - D R Hofstadter
D

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1752@ditsyda.oz>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!ditsyda!vincent

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!ditsyda!vincent
From: vincent@ditsyda.oz (David A. Vincent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: understanding appl. exit codes
Keywords: multifinder application exit terminate crash code
Message-ID: <1752@ditsyda.oz>
Date: 6 Feb 89 23:37:52 GMT
Organization: CSIRO DIT Sydney, Australia
Lines: 11