Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1a 12/4/83; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.lang.c Subject: Re: 'exit(1);' considered useless (slight flame) Message-ID: <1664@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 20:10:39 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.1664 Posted: Sun Feb 5 20:10:39 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 07:00:52 EST References: <957@proper.UUCP> <1181@pur-phy.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 11 Unfortunately,only comes with Berkeley systems, although anybody can offer it with their UNIX (AT&T picked up "ex"/"vi", under much pressure; maybe they could pick this up too?). It is the correct solution to the problem. Note that in VMS low-level error returns (at the same level as "errno" codes in UNIX) are translated to higher-level error indications as they pass up the call tree; using the codes is the equivalent. (Just as long as UNIX programs don't print the full interpretation of the error codes at each level as some VMS programs do!) Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy