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Date:      Fri, 10 Jul 1998 02:49:26 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Joseph Koshy <jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc:        jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Do you rely on "dump"s (currently incorrect) exit codes?
Message-ID:  <199807100949.CAA01481@freefall.freebsd.org>

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I'm planning a straight-forward change to "dump" to make its exit codes 
confirm to the man page.  Currently "dump" returns "3" (i.e. non-recoverable 
error) in a number of places where it should return "1" (startup error).

No big deal.   My concern however, is that people may be using the `wrong'
return values in their backup scripts.

If you feel you are going to be badly affected by such a change and if you feel
this change shouldn't take place, please speak up now!

(PR: 5346)

Koshy 	(who would rather not pull the rug from under some hapless sysadmin
	 relying on the incorrect exit codes :-))
<jkoshy@freebsd.org>



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