On Sunday 26 January 2003 01:12 pm, exits funnel wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've written the following simple program:
>
> #include <cstdlib>
>
> int main( )
> {
> // /fff does not exist
> int return_value = system("ls -l /fff");
> cout << "\n Return Value: " << return_value << "\n";
> return return_value;
> }
>
> When I compile this and run it from bash I see "Return
> Value: 256" at stdout as I'd expect. However, I then
> immediately 'echo $?' and bash spits back '0' rather
> than '256.' Is this correct? Shouldn't $? hold the
> return value of the last program run from bash (ie, my
> c program?) Thanks in advance for any replies.
Your problem is that you need to call exit() and not return() from main() to
set the exit value.
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