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On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 08:29:08PM +0100, Federico Hernandez wrote:
>> ?Also, you can check exit status from the shell by running "echo $?" after
>> the command, which is a bit less trouble than using the debugger. ?The "$?"
>> shell variable gets set to the status of the last command executed. ?(This is
>> generic shell stuff, not cygwin-specific.)
>
>Of course. Why do I forget the basic stuff - back to the roots keeping
>it simple.

And, btw, in Cygwin 1.7 you will get an error rather than a silent exit.

cgf

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