From 6a572156072aa10677fe402b5b7995b0754131d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hoek <hoek@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 20:46:45 +0000
Subject: Mention that EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE are preferred over
 sysexits.h-values as exit codes for portable programs.

---
 lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3
index 837b8c8..6f6465e 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ function.
 .Pp
 Passing arbitrary values back to the environment as
 .Ar status
-is considered bad style.  Instead, use the values as described in
+is considered bad style;
+you should use the values 
+.Dv EXIT_SUCCESS
+and
+.Dv EXIT_FAILURE .
+If portability is not a concern, you may
+use the values described in
 .Xr sysexits 3 .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
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