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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:00:56 +0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)
From: Daniel Lungu <lungu AT nagra DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: negative error status: gcc vs. cl
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> Feel like bash tcsh on Cygwin mess up with negative exit status from a cl
> compiled .exe

:) The answer is "don't do that".  Use positive values in the range from
:) 0 to 255.  See
:) http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/exit.html

I wouldn't do that. The problem is other did it before me and I need running
their .exes in my GNUmakefile.

The following prototype would prevent people getting such exit(-2) great ideas:

void exit(unsigned status);

Daniel


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