Yue Wang wrote: > Hi, Arthur and Taco > > > On 5/22/08, Arthur Reutenauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> No; instead of (uname(&uts)) it should be (uname(&uts) < 0) . >> Well, no: if the function fails on Linux and returns, say, 1, this >> test wouldn't catch it. But Taco knows what to do, and the discussion >> is getting even more off-topic :-) >> > > No, It wont. In Linux/FreeBSD/Mac OS X, -1 will return if it failed. I > am pretty sure about that because I read the manual pages of these > operating systems yesterday.
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