From: Mike Frysinger <vapier-aBrp7R+bbdUdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Quentin Armitage <quentin-/BKvNsQo1N6tmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [patch] system.3: Document additional return values
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:46:29 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161122204629.GC21655@vapier.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1479749656-6643-1-git-send-email-quentin-/BKvNsQo1N6tmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org>
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> system.3: Document additional return values
>
> The man page did not include return values 126 (for no permission to
> execute command), or values 128+n when command is terminated by
> signal n.
this is not system(), this is the shell that system() happens to run.
i'm not against covering this in the man page, but it needs to be very
clear that the behavior is entirely shell specific.
-mike
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2016-11-21 17:34 [patch] system.3: Document additional return values Quentin Armitage
[not found] ` <1479749656-6643-1-git-send-email-quentin-/BKvNsQo1N6tmTQ+vhA3Yw@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-22 20:46 ` Mike Frysinger [this message]
2016-11-22 22:43 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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