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-ttn 2004-05-09
-
-The exit value of a program returning to the shell on unixoid systems
-is typically 0 for success, and non-0 (such as 1) for failure. This is
-not always the case on other systems.
-
-From the point of view of the program stdlib.h provides macros
-`EXIT_SUCCESS' and `EXIT_FAILURE' that should DTRT.  N.B. The
-numerical values of these macros DO NOT need to fulfill the exit value
-requirements outlined in the first paragraph!  That is the job of the
-`exit' function.  Thus, this kind of construct shows misunderstanding:
-
-   #ifdef WEIRD_OS
-      exit (1);
-   #else
-      exit (0);
-   #endif
-
-Values aside from EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE are tricky, but can be
-used to indicate finer gradations of failure.  If this is the only
-information available to the caller, clamping such values to
-EXIT_FAILURE loses information.  If there are other ways to indicate
-the problem to the caller (such as a message to stderr) it may be ok
-to clamp.  In all cases, it is the relationship between the program
-and its caller that must be examined.
-
-[Insert ZAMM quote here.] <-- I presume this refers to ``Zen and the
-Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'' - Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>.