Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:06:33 -0500 Message-Id: <199902141806.NAA27084@envy.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <3.0.6.32.19990214105438.008d1850@pop.netaddress.com> (message from Paul Derbyshire on Sun, 14 Feb 1999 10:54:38 -0500) Subject: Re: Program Exit Code 255 References: <36C4EA76 DOT 2AF8D76A AT epix DOT net> <36C4B354 DOT 2C8939EE AT xyz DOT net> <3 DOT 0 DOT 6 DOT 32 DOT 19990214105438 DOT 008d1850 AT pop DOT netaddress DOT com> Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > 255 -- Caught a fatal signal, such as SIGSEGV. Actually, there's a lot of places in both libc and applications that just do "exit(-1)", which results in a 255 being returned. I don't think you can count on 255 meaning only fatal signal exits.