When a program returns code 1 to stderr, that is the standard error. For example, if you were to ask someone, "Did it work?" the standard response for failure is, "No."
Think of the standard input/output stream as a system comprised of three components: stdin = "What went in"; stdout = "What went out"; stderr = "What went wrong"; cout << "Here's looking at you, kid"; return 0; On 12/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.9 > Severity: minor > File: /etc/cron.daily/apt > > >>>>> "A" == Anacron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > A> run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/apt exited with return code 1 > > Please have the program send a error message to stderr as to what was > bothering it. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >