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| author | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-03-31 22:31:51 +0000 |
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| committer | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-03-31 22:31:51 +0000 |
| commit | f55ef7e508b33f503d7540954646e771c299b0b3 (patch) | |
| tree | 6a37741416371b4b16b214c91d75893ff15df139 | |
| parent | 29db05221029f6e05ef996fe977bd037d3820d3a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-f55ef7e508b33f503d7540954646e771c299b0b3.zip FreeBSD-src-f55ef7e508b33f503d7540954646e771c299b0b3.tar.gz | |
Xref sysexits(3).
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 index 43ee3c0..8beca7c 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 @@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ Unlink all files created with the .Xr tmpfile 3 function. .El +.Pp +Passing arbitrary values back to the environment as +.Ar status +is considered bad style. Instead, use the values as described in +.Xr sysexits 3 . .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn exit @@ -74,7 +79,8 @@ never returns. .Xr _exit 2 , .Xr atexit 3 , .Xr intro 3 , -.Xr tmpfile 3 +.Xr tmpfile 3 , +.Xr sysexits 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Fn exit |
