On Fri, 18 Jun 2004, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> And there is at least one OS - OpenVMS - where 0 means no success, >> but Java returns 0 for success on it as well, breaking the contract >> for DCL scripts. > > I remembered this, but did not attempt to "manufacture" an > alternative "successful" status code. It would be nice if we could > figure out a way to make everything work as expected on that OS.
My guess - I left OpenVMS before there was a Java VM for it - is that OpenVMS users expect any Java program to return 0 on success. > Would 1 be the most basic "successful" exit status? IIRC 1 is the defintion of EXIT_SUCCESS in <stdlib.h>, so 1 would be the most common choice for C programs. > Also, I found in the course of composing this missive > that there is a comment in Execute.isFailure(int > exitValue) saying that ODD exit codes indicate > failure, then returns (exitValue % 2 == 0). I will > commit the s/odd/even here. My fault. Thank you for spotting it. Stefan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
