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Hi:
I'm using a programming language that executes a system call
on Linux Red Hat 9.0
A system call to "ls" returns exit code 0 (as I would expect)
A "buffered" system call (gathers results in a string, rather than printing to stdout)
to "ls" returns an exit code 204 which to this 'ol C dog signals an error, however the
results appear to be correct.
So I'm curious as to whether 204 is a known linux system error code number or perhaps the language interpreter is "munging" the exit code.
Any links to linux error code info would be appreciated.
thanks
tim
What programming language are you referring to?
And how does it implement your "system calls" (I suppose you refer to calls to shell functions, rather than real system calls to the kernel).
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