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*bleep* (Score:2)

by jhi (318)

> What is the "normal exit value of a process"? Without qualifying that, any documented success or error code can be deemed normal.

Wrong.
- Re:*bleep* (Score:2)
  
  by djberg96 (2603)
  
  My guess was 0, though EXIT_SUCCESS would also be correct, right?
  I'm assuming you saw "process" and thought "function", which can indeed vary wildly.
  - Re:*bleep* (Score:2)
    
    by jhi (318)
    
    > My guess was 0, though EXIT_SUCCESS would also be correct, right?
    
    Correct. There are many possible failures but only one possible success: EXIT_SUCCESS from , and in Unix/Linux EXIT_SUCCESS is defined to be zero. Easily testable in shell by:
    
    ls /none/such; echo $?
    ls /; echo $?
    - Re:*bleep* (Score:2)
      
      by barbie (2653)
      
      Except it didn't ask about a SUCCESS exit status, it asks for a NORMAL exit status. All documented failure and success return codes can be deemed normal. In this particular question even if you said EXIT_SUCCESS you would have been wrong.
      - Re:*bleep* (Score:2)
        
        by djberg96 (2603) on 2004.02.03 8:33 (#28007) Journal
        
        You're overthinking the question. Stop it. ;)
        
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