"John E. Malmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 09/20/2005 08:09:56 AM:
> A VMS exit 44 will also cause MMS/MMK by default to abort the makefile > with MMS/MMK also exiting with an error. I think Michael mentioned explicitly that was what was wanted. > If you want a VMS exit code that UNIX programs should interpret as an > EXIT 1, then the following (mostly undocumented) hack will work. > > VMS status code = %x35a000 + (UNIX status * 8), and if this is a success > status, add 1, otherwise VMS will interpret it as a warning. > > EAGLE> exit %x35A000 + (1 * 8) + 1 > > EAGLE> x = %x35A000 + (1 * 8) + 1 > EAGLE> show sym x > X = 3514377 Hex = 0035A009 Octal = 00015320011 A specific $? shell status returned by a specific Unix vendor's implementation of the false command is not necessarily what is needed. Rather an indication of failure is what is asked for and Michael's proposed perl -e "exit 1" will suit the task. Although the "exit 44" I had suggested could also work on VMS, the "exit 1" will work there too (despite the doubt I might have spread by my earlier statement). Peter Prymmer
