Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 13:02:49 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: truncate(1) implementation details Message-ID: <20000708130249.C8475@holly.calldei.com> In-Reply-To: <19462.962734524@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007050235360.16757-100000@besplex.bde.org> <19462.962734524@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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On Tuesday, July 04, 2000, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> So you think that EXIT_{SUCCESS|FAILURE} should be used exclusively, and
> not the values described in sysexits(3)? I'm not criticising (I realize
> that the English is ambiguous here), I just want to know what your
> standpoint is.
It's probably because they're too arbitrary. EX_CONFIG vs.
EX_SOFTWARE, EX_CANTCREAT vs. EX_NOPERM. See also the bugs section
in sysexits(3).
--
|Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
|It takes an extra touch of stupidity to spill a drink
|in electronics. -- Anonymous
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