>Sorry but returning 1 doesn't make sense and it isn't the way that linux >works. It actually returns 0.
dortmans> /bin/ps -p 4549 ; echo "Return val: $?" PID TTY TIME CMD 4549 ? 00:00:00 sshd Return val: 0 dortmans> /bin/ps -p 1111 ; echo "Return val: $?" PID TTY TIME CMD Return val: 1 dortmans> /bin/ps --version procps version 3.2.3 I get these results in Solaris Unix and Red Hat Linux. The above commands were executed on a Red Hat Linux system. Cheers, Ryan Dortmans
