At 01:48 PM 3/31/2005, you wrote: >Hi, > >With cygwin1.dll version 1.5.13 exit codes to Windows (I use W2K and XP) have >changed by a factor of 256 (shift of 8 bits) as mentioned in the 2 messages >cited below. I have processes running under Windows shells that run several >days, doing a lot of steps (both unix tools like gawk, head, sort etc. and gcc >compiled c-programs) fully automatically. Flow control heavily relies on return >codes (%errorlevel% in Windows). The codes were introduced according to the >exit codes of the previous versions of the cygwin-libraries that put into >%errorlevel% exactly what was provided by exit(). With the upgrade to 1.5.13 >the exit codes changed by a factor of 256, and since Windows XP uses 16 bit >codes, are now limited to a maximum value of 255. > >Before I check and change many hundreds of lines of *.bat files: Will this >return code behaviour change again in the future or can I assume this will >last?
Current snapshots have the following change applied: - Right shift exit code by eight when not started in a cygwin environment If you want to see if this helps in your situation, try a recent snapshot (<http://cygwin.com/snapshots/>). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
