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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2009-06-07 15:04:43 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2009-06-07 15:04:43 +0000
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Mention the range for the exit status for the exit special builtin.
The exit status may exceed 255 in some cases (return); even though it seems unwise to rely on this, it is also unwise to assume that $? is always between 0 and 255. This resolves bin/124748 by documenting that 'exit -1' is not valid. PR: bin/124748 Approved by: ed (mentor)
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diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1
index cc8874e..d3ae24f 100644
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@@ -1682,6 +1682,7 @@ If
is given
it is used as the exit status of the shell;
otherwise the exit status of the preceding command is used.
+The exit status should be an integer between 0 and 255.
.It Ic export Ar name ...
.It Ic export Op Fl p
The specified names are exported so that they will
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