From: Mauro Tortonesi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Ideally, the values used could be defined in some central location, > > allowing convenient replacement with suitable VMS-specific values when > > the time comes. (Naturally, _all_ exit() calls and/or return statements > > should use one of the pre-defined values.) > > mmh, i don't understand why we should use VMS-specific values in wget.
On VMS (not elsewhere), Wget should use VMS-specific values. The VMS C RTL is willing to convert 0 into a generic success code, but 1 (EPERM, "Not owner") and 2 (ENOENT, "No such file or directory") would tend to confuse the users (and the rest of the OS). Having the exit codes defined in a central location would make it easy to adapt them as needed. Having to search the code for every instance of "return 1" or "exit(2)" would make it too complicated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda (+1) 651-699-9818 382 South Warwick Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saint Paul MN 55105-2547
