From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Wed Nov 8 10:22:11 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD6A0E72F5A for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2017 10:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AB9857393E for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2017 10:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id vA8AMBXv076875 for ; Wed, 8 Nov 2017 10:22:11 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 223517] The man(1) manual page has no mention about the exit status of the command Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:22:11 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Only Me X-Bugzilla-Who: wosch@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:22:11 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D223517 Bug ID: 223517 Summary: The man(1) manual page has no mention about the exit status of the command Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: wosch@FreeBSD.org The man(1) manual page has no mention about the exit status of the command. Nothing. Here is an copy of the debian man(1) page section, and I wish we would have something similar in our documentation: https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dman&apropos=3D0&sektion=3D0&man= path=3DDebian+8.1.0&arch=3Ddefault&format=3Dhtml#EXIT_STATUS EXIT STATUS 0 Successful program execution. 1 Usage, syntax or configuration file error. 2 Operational error. 3 A child process returned a non-zero exit status. 16 At least one of the pages/files/keywords didn't exist or wasn= 't matched. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=