Mark Bixby wrote:

> I read that last exit() sentence to mean that the program may return status
> values greater than 1 if it desires.  I think the /bin/test command will return
> 0, 1, or 2.

the comment from the man page kinda surprised me.  i was hoping it might mean there
was a way for an average soul to get <whatever> to say 'more'.  i know how extensible
some of the posix programs are....and thought there might be some trick i hadn't
heard of.

since i started this thread....i think i better say something more positive.  i
didn't mean for this to turn into another spleen-venting session.  i think i've got a
fair understanding of how busy and thinly-stretched folks are at csy.  and believe
me, i appreciate all the hard work.  but it's frustrating dealing with long-standing
issues.          - d

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