Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 01:31:40 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: truncate(1) implementation details Message-ID: <20000704013140.F4034@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007041514250.15653-100000@besplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 03:16:37PM %2B1000 References: <904.962613305@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007041514250.15653-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 03:16:37PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > > Use EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE for exit() and EX_* for > > > errx(). > > > > yes :) > > No. Use EXIT_* for errx() too. Magic error exit codes are especially > useless when a human-readable error message is printed. Just to butt into this conversation... I know this from my dealings with the Teachings of Bruce, but style(9) dictates that exit() use the sysexits(3) when appropriate. I can see where people could be confused. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect / Computer Horizons Corp - CHIMES e-mail: billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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