Works for me....will change to +ve. -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Work: http://www.multitask.com.au Developers: http://adslgateway.multitask.com.au/developers
Rafal Krzewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 19/09/2002 06:03:05 PM: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've got a locally changed version of App that uses negative return codes > > and has a set of them to match different failure conditions: > > > > /** return code for ok processing */ > > private static final int RC_OK = 0; > > /** return code from command prompt when a bad argument is passed */ > > private static final int RC_BAD_ARG = -10; > > /** return code from command prompt when initialization fails */ > > private static final int RC_INIT_ERROR = -20; > > /** return code from command prompt when a goal isn't found */ > > private static final int RC_NO_GOAL = -30; > > /** return code for bad repository configuration */ > > private static final int RC_BAD_REPO = -40; > > /** return code for a goal with no actions */ > > private static final int RC_EMPTY_GOAL = -50; > > /** return code for a goal that failed */ > > private static final int RC_GOAL_FAILED = -60; > > /** return code for a goal failed from jelly exception being thrown */ > > private static final int RC_JELLY_FAILED = -70; > > /** return code for a failure due to Jelly issues */ > > private static final int RC_BAD_JELLY = -80; > > /** return code for a failure due to anything else */ > > private static final int RC_OTHER_FAILURE = -90; > > > > Votes? > > I'd suggest using positive numbers instead. Unix(like) shells treat > return codes as unsigned bytes, so one would have to convert the values > above to use them for comparison in a script. > For example -10 -> 246, -20 -> 236 etc. Make them positive and save > people the hassle. > > Rafal > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:turbine-maven-user- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
