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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:37:17 -0500
From: Tom Rhodes <darklogik@pittgoth.com>
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Subject: Re: docs/36448: [PATCH] intro(8)
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On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 18:20:02 -0800 (PST)
<trhodes@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR docs/36448; it has been noted by
> GNATS.
> 
> From: <trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
> Cc:  
> Subject: Re: docs/36448: [PATCH] intro(8)
> Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 18:19:50 -0800 (PST)
> 
>  Gary, what do you think of the following patch to intro(8)?
>  
>  --
>  Tom (darklogik) Rhodes
>  
>  --- intro.8.old	Mon Apr  1 21:05:13 2002
>  +++ intro.8	Mon Apr  1 21:06:52 2002
>  @@ -65,6 +65,19 @@
>   .Ql Xr crash
>   should be consulted to understand how to interpret system
>   crash dumps.
>  +
>  +.Pp
>  +All commands set an exit status.  Its value may be tested
>  +to see if the command completed normally.
>  +Unless otherwise noted (rare), the value 0 signifies successful
>  +completion of the command, while a value >0 indicates an error.
>  +Some commands attempt to describe the nature of the failure by
>  using+errors codes defined in
>  +.Xr sysexits 3 ,
>  +or set the status to arbitrary values >0 (typically 1), but many
>  +such values are not described in the manuals.
>  +
>  +
>   .Sh HISTORY
>   The
>   .Nm
> 
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oooops, I fixed the blank lines in a new diff...  If/when committed,
the diff will not have them ;)  sorry hehe

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