return value

[David A. Bandel]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 6:16 AM, idan72 <ishai at cisco.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am running java program from batch file on linux.
> I want to get the return value using $? .
> If the value is less than 256 there is no problem.If it greater it return
> only the byte (257-> 1, ...) .
>
> How can I overcome this issue that the return value is only a byte ?

rewrite bash? write your own shell?

normal exit status is 0 (success), 1 (failure), 126 (file found but
not executable), 127 (file not found).  Other exit status' are thrown
to help programmers trap errors (exit 2, etc).  And 127+n is available
(but only up to 255).  Just how many errors are you trying to trap
anyway?  Sounds like you're trying to use exit status for something it
wasn't designed for.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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