Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > On tor, 2009-08-20 at 10:31 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote: >> (2) It doesn't exit with zero for a missing executable unless >> the request is "stop". It uses 5, which means "program is not >> installed". > > Using 5 is correct, but special-casing "stop" is kind of useless. > Every other init script I have ever seen that attempts to handle > this, doesn't bother. I can't see a clear case either way. I know I *have* seen scripts which took the trouble to special-case it, but I just poked around and found that it seems much less common than unconditionally using "exit 5". Does anyone know of an environment where it matters? -Kevin
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