Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:09:19 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Brian Hansell <hansell AT epix DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Program Exit Code 255
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On Sat, 13 Feb 1999, Brian Hansell wrote:

> Then is there a way I can tell what the default error exit code 255 is?  Or
> is there someplace where I can find a list of errors?

See EXIT_FAILURE and EXIT_SUCCESS in the header stdlib.h.

255 is simply (unsigned char)(-1).  Some programs return -1 in case of
a fatal error, but the portable way is to use EXIT_FAILURE.