> On 2017-04-10 Mon 14:31 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:46:03 +0100 Craig Skinner wrote:
> > > <operator@palm:~ 0>$ openssl enc -bf -salt \
> > > -pass file:/etc/myname -in /bsd \
> > > -out /altroot/tmp/bsd.crypto
> > >
> > > /altroot: write failed, file system is full
> > > <operator@palm:~ 0>$ print $?
> > > 0
> >
>
> openssl error exits for other output file creation problems:
>
> <operator@palm:~ 0>$ openssl bf -pass file:/etc/myname -in /bsd -out
> /var/empty/bsd.crypto
> /var/empty/bsd.crypto: Permission denied
> 2133286928:error:0200100D:system library:fopen:Permission
> denied:/usr/src/lib/libcrypto/crypto/../../libssl/src/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:255:fopen('/var/empty/bsd.crypto',
> 'w')
> 2133286928:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system
> lib:/usr/src/lib/libcrypto/crypto/../../libssl/src/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:257:
> <operator@palm:~ 0>$ print $?
> 1
> <operator@palm:~ 0>$ openssl bf -pass file:/etc/myname -in /bsd -out
> /no/where/bsd.crypto
> /no/where/bsd.crypto: No such file or directory
> 2216844688:error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or
> directory:/usr/src/lib/libcrypto/crypto/../../libssl/src/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:255:fopen('/no/where/bsd.crypto',
> 'w')
> 2216844688:error:20074002:BIO routines:FILE_CTRL:system
> lib:/usr/src/lib/libcrypto/crypto/../../libssl/src/crypto/bio/bss_file.c:257:
> <operator@palm:~ 0>$ print $?
> 1
>
> >
> > Would 74 from sysexits.h be the code to return?:
> > EX_IOERR -- An error occurred while doing I/O on some file.
> >
>
> Perhaps this is more relevant:
>
> EX_CANTCREAT -- A (user specified) output file cannot be created.
sysexits.h is a thing that came from sendmail, and only a few things
use it. Further use isn't encouraged.
Most tools exit upon error without providing a refined error code.
