From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Jul 8 11: 4:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6580537B9F0 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 11:04:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.calldei.com) Received: from holly.calldei.com ([208.191.149.190]) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0FXE00M3E4TXAA@mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net> for arch@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 8 Jul 2000 13:03:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.calldei.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA13741; Sat, 08 Jul 2000 13:02:49 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2000 13:02:49 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: truncate(1) implementation details In-reply-to: <19462.962734524@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: Bruce Evans , Bill Fumerola , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <20000708130249.C8475@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.4i References: <19462.962734524@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 |It takes an extra touch of stupidity to spill a drink |in electronics. -- Anonymous `----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message