*- On 2 Nov, Richard Clarke wrote about "exitcodes" > I know this is slightly off topic, but could someone tell me how I can > retrieve the exit code from a unix program and store it into a shell > variable >
In most shells the exit code of the previous command it stored in the shell variable $?. So depending on your shell you just need to assign that to another variable for use later. sh variants <command> STATUS=$? csh variants <command> set STATUS=$? See the man page for the shell you are using. HTH, Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
