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Cc: Olivier Regnier <oregnier@oregnier.net>
Subject: Re: Questions about shell scripts in /etc/periodic/daily
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Olivier Regnier wrote:
> Hi everyone  :-)
>=20
> Just curiosly, in /etc/periodic/daily, there are many shell scripts but=

> there is an variable rc by example :
> - rc=3D0
> - rc=3D1
> - rc=3D2
> - rc=3D3
> What exactly does the "rc=3D0, rc=3D1 ..." flag mean ?

They're the exit values of those scripts, so I guess rc means Return Code=
=2E
Read man periodic(8), especially the part beginning with "Each script is
required to exit with one of the following values:"

>=20
> Thank you :)

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