Single Command To Close Window and Return Exit Code

jagooch · 12-17-2008, 04:42 PM

I am trying to figure out a command that isn't in a shell script that closes the shell session and returns the exit code that I specify.

something like:

sh exit (10 - 2 )
*opens a shell and then exits it , return an exit code of 8

is this possible? or am a forced to run a shell script to do this?

Thank You

indienick · 12-18-2008, 09:37 AM

Would this work/do what you want?

Code:

$ kill -s 8 pid_of_shell_session

Unfortunately, this requires you to make a system call in whichever language you are writing this in; while I have never seen the problems with system calls, some people consider it "poor programming practice" - which I can understand for portability issues, but normally, I would think that if you are asking a question like this, it is not intended for portability.

sirajuddin · 12-18-2008, 11:21 PM

Can anyone help me out how to install wine in Reddhat 9 without a problem. Also advice where I can find the RPM for wine with all dependencies. Otherwise which Linux distribution is supportive for all these types of packages. I hope u understand the query and revert me ASAP.

dhanyaelizabeth · 01-02-2009, 03:33 AM

@ sirajuddin - Doesn't this qualify as thread hijacking?

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