Feel like bash tcsh on Cygwin mess up with negative exit status from a cl
compiled .exe
% uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 pc 1.3.22(0.78/3/2) 2003-03-18 09:20 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin
% echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
% cat nerr.c
int main()
{
exit (-2);
}
% gcc -o nerr-gcc nerr.c
% cl -o nerr-cl nerr.c
Micro$oft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 12.00.8168 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Micro$oft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved.
nerr.c
Micro$oft (R) Incremental Linker Version 6.00.8168
Copyright (C) Micro$oft Corp 1992-1998. All rights reserved.
/out:nerr.exe
/out:nerr-cl.exe
nerr.obj
-----unsigned-8b-exit-status-----
% nerr-gcc.exe; echo $?
254
-----wrong-nil(!)-exit-status-----
% nerr-cl.exe; echo $?
0
> ver
Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
-----unsigned-16b-exit-status-----
> nerr-gcc.exe
> echo %ERRORLEVEL%
65534
-----signed-exit-status-----
> nerr-cl.exe
> echo %ERRORLEVEL%
-2
Positive exit status works fine from gcc and cl.
Thanks for any feedback.
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