X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:31:19 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [OT] Re: No output on stdout Message-ID: <20091113193119.GA19407@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <690f5ac90911121201m6def763eg18f6eed95edb9588@mail.gmail.com> <20091112215138.GA22412@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <690f5ac90911121354v45bc0f90rd10eeba842b866ba@mail.gmail.com> <690f5ac90911121521o508c1222m831b22b6a087b620@mail.gmail.com> <4AFCA27F.6070309@gmail.com> <690f5ac90911131129r42df58b0k3af7d2fced63ad69@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <690f5ac90911131129r42df58b0k3af7d2fced63ad69@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple