I suppose that it's a waste of time and space to point this out here, but native VMS status codes include a severity field (the low three bits), with popular values being (from STSDEF.H):
#define STS$K_WARNING 0 /* WARNING */ #define STS$K_SUCCESS 1 /* SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION */ #define STS$K_ERROR 2 /* ERROR */ #define STS$K_INFO 3 /* INFORMATION */ #define STS$K_SEVERE 4 /* SEVERE ERROR */ Note that success (including informational) is odd, while anything worse is even. While an OS like UNIX is handicapped by not having such a useful convention, it would make sense for Wget to have status values which distinguish among degrees of success and failure, like the ones suggested by Hrvoje Niksic. Ideally, the values used could be defined in some central location, allowing convenient replacement with suitable VMS-specific values when the time comes. (Naturally, _all_ exit() calls and/or return statements should use one of the pre-defined values.) And, as long as I'm wasting time and space, I'll note that I'd still like to see my VMS-related (and other) changes integrated into the main Wget code stream. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda (+1) 651-699-9818 382 South Warwick Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saint Paul MN 55105-2547
