Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 01:00:21 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/46501: Ping exits 2 when it should exit 1 Message-ID: <200212240900.gBO90LBj036673@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/46501; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Avleen Vig <spam-pr@silverwraith.com> Cc: maxim@FreeBSD.org, bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/46501: Ping exits 2 when it should exit 1 Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 03:53:58 -0500 On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 00:45:05 -0800 (PST) Avleen Vig <spam-pr@silverwraith.com> wrote: > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > > > RETURN VALUES > > The ping utility returns an exit status of zero if at least one > > response was heard from the specified host; a status of two if > > the transmission > > ----------------------------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ^^^^^^^^ > > was successful but no responses were received; or another value > > (from<sysexits.h>) if an error occurred. > > My sincerest apologies. I think I'm going completely mad. > I don't know how I read that as 'exists one if the...'. > > It still seems to make little sense to have it exit(2) if nothing will > cause it to exit(1). > But I shan't argue this further. Thanks folks. Sorry for the hassle. > In all honesty we are not trying to drive you nuts. While it may seem to be a logical change, it will break scripts, compatibility or worse. We thank you for the effort though! -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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