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ENH?: side-inform user to avoid exit codes above 127#92
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More on rationale is elaborated at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/99134/55543 and a quick possibly 'interesting' demo: $> bash -c 'exit 256'; echo $? 0
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that is ok, neither of them is above 127. |
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that is ok, neither of them is above 127. |
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Oct 24, 2023
| **Return zero exit code on success, non-zero on failure.** | ||
| Exit codes are how scripts determine whether a program succeeded or failed, so you should report this correctly. | ||
| Map the non-zero exit codes to the most important failure modes. | ||
| Map the non-zero exit codes to the most important failure modes, but avoid exit codes above 127. |
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trying to add minimal amount of "why" to address the concern:
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but really not sure if it should go to that detail here. May be a reference should be added instead?
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More on rationale is elaborated at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/99134/55543
and a quick possibly 'interesting' demo: