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| author | Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org> | 2018-09-15 10:38:48 -0700 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-02-08 11:59:37 +0100 |
| commit | f3491e47baa058ab071cf7b5fb25c209f3c12b6d (patch) | |
| tree | 45393c56a273657c6c8a725ba2d3e9e3ed6559fb | |
| parent | ba9ae75ddb3390d3221c9a833196fcdf06d2ccbc (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-f3491e47baa058ab071cf7b5fb25c209f3c12b6d.tar.gz | |
exit.3: Use hex for the status mask
Admittedly, the POSIX specification for exit() also uses octal.
However, 0xFF immediately indicates the lowest 8 bits to me
whereas I had to think a bit about the octal mask.
Cowritten-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/_exit.2 | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/exit.3 | 5 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man2/_exit.2 b/man2/_exit.2 index c55d2a612c..6e656c8f49 100644 --- a/man2/_exit.2 +++ b/man2/_exit.2 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The process's parent is sent a signal. .PP The value -.I "status & 0377" +.I "status & 0xFF" is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and can be collected using one of the .BR wait (2) diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3 index 98f4da8ca7..da675de68b 100644 --- a/man3/exit.3 +++ b/man3/exit.3 @@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ exit \- cause normal process termination .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR exit () -function causes normal process termination and the -value of \fIstatus & 0377\fP is returned to the parent -(see +function causes normal process termination and the value of \fIstatus & +0xFF\fP is returned to the parent (see .BR wait (2)). .PP All functions registered with |