Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I checked on MinGW and system() just returns the value returned by the > application. There isn't any special two-values-in-one layering like is > done on Unix for wait() and the return value from system(). It seems if > the child dies from a signal, the parent dies too, at least in my C > tests.
The cases that I think we most need to defend against are (A) diff program not found (B) diff fails to read one of the input files I think your proposal handles case B, because diff should return exit code 2 which we will detect, but what happens in case A? Please test it. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match