> Feel like bash tcsh on Cygwin mess up with negative exit status from a cl > compiled .exe
:) The answer is "don't do that". Use positive values in the range from :) 0 to 255. See :) http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/exit.html I wouldn't do that. The problem is other did it before me and I need running their .exes in my GNUmakefile. The following prototype would prevent people getting such exit(-2) great ideas: void exit(unsigned status); Daniel -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/