--- surajit dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Thanks... will check them out
>
> ps: what does exit(42) mean??
>
[snip]
Well, as you might know, all programs are supposed to
return a value either to the OS or the calling
function on completion. As a convention, it should be
0 on _success_ and anything between 1 & 255 all
inclusive in case of an _error_. When a program having
the code below is called with a command line argument
``help'', it'll just print ``don't panic'' & return an
error status [42 in this case]. There is no
significance of 42 as it could have been anything else
in the range. That's it. It was just meant as a joke
but can well serve the purpose of a message to newbies
from a self-acclaimed geek ;-)
Have a nice day Surajit ...
Bhaskar G.
=====
-------------BEGIN SIGNATURE-----------
if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "-help") == 0)
{
printf("Don't Panic!\n");
exit(42);
}
-------------END SIGNATURE--------------
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