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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: 'exit(1);' considered useless (slight flame)
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Date: Sun, 5-Feb-84 20:10:39 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  5 20:10:39 1984
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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