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| From | "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? |
| Date | 2024-11-26 10:20 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vi43s7$3ckrl$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Op 25.nov.2024 om 22:20 schreef Rosario19:
> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:02:49 +0800, wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE are for communication between different programs.
>> But, is it necessary? E.g. can it be put into shell script?
>> I think the macro EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE may be good within a group of
>> programs for some reason, but generally, exit code of program is a numerical
>> value. Why EXIT_SUCCESS?
>
> because the success is one only case
> and failure can happen for 10000000 of causes differents
> the success has to be one number
> and failure all the remain numbers
> as example 0 success -inf .. +inf -{0} failure
In some situations there can be different success cases, as well.
E.g. when searching for something, both finding something and finding
nothing is a valuable result and not a failure of the search operation.
It is worthwhile to indicate them with different success codes.
That can be done in VMS where odd codes are all success codes.
One could also think of a success code that includes the number of
results. (That is what many I/O functions do: A positive value indicates
a success with the number of bytes transferred, a negative number
indicates a failure.)
Failures are a different thing; they make the result of the operation
invalid. They should be indicated with an error code.
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Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-11-20 09:22 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-20 08:27 +0000
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Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-11-21 17:55 +0000
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Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-11-22 16:53 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-24 12:57 +0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-11-25 14:03 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-26 12:21 +0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-27 16:23 +0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastartdlyHQ.org - 2024-11-27 08:26 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-27 18:48 +0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-11-27 15:39 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-27 13:54 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-27 17:24 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-27 16:12 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-11-27 13:00 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-28 08:23 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-28 15:06 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-11-28 08:08 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-11-27 14:58 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-27 19:46 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-28 08:26 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-11-28 13:03 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2024-11-28 12:15 +0100
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-11-28 13:36 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Ralf Fassel <ralfixx@gmx.de> - 2024-11-28 14:12 +0100
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2024-11-28 07:50 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-28 15:19 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-28 15:12 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-28 17:36 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-11-28 16:43 +0100
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-28 15:59 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-28 10:19 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-11-28 22:41 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-29 00:21 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-11-29 00:59 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-29 01:20 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-11-28 17:18 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Paavo Helde <eesnimi@osa.pri.ee> - 2024-11-27 19:01 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-28 08:22 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-27 11:00 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-11-27 14:57 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2024-11-27 13:52 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-11-27 14:54 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-28 15:27 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-27 15:30 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-11-28 18:32 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-11-25 14:00 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-11-25 14:15 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-12-01 21:00 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-11-26 04:26 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-11-20 23:20 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Ross Finlayson <ross.a.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 17:32 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2024-11-20 22:56 -0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-11-21 13:52 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-11-21 13:51 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-11-20 13:44 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-20 22:57 +0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-11-20 17:23 +0200
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-11-20 23:09 -0500
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-11-21 13:52 +0000
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? wij <wyniijj5@gmail.com> - 2024-11-21 22:45 +0800
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2024-11-25 22:20 +0100
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? "Fred. Zwarts" <F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl> - 2024-11-26 10:20 +0100
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2024-11-30 16:52 +0100
Re: Is EXIT_SUCCESS/EXIT_FAILURE necessary? Andrey Tarasevich <noone@noone.net> - 2025-02-15 16:21 -0800
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