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.

i suggest to direct mails about this topic to taco directly

Hans


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