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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-02-24 08:58:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2020-02-24 09:00:30 +0100 |
| commit | 7776aac98aaeda64e21555a80e1d5a79c2c32fcd (patch) | |
| tree | cb432d3d3ede08f54395b13d060836990eb00745 /man3 | |
| parent | 2fe33a0da7df809033ec05fada402b5df953c4a3 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-7776aac98aaeda64e21555a80e1d5a79c2c32fcd.tar.gz | |
exit.3: Small improvement to the discussion of 'status' argument
Reported-by: Walter Harms <wharms@bfs.de>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man3')
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/exit.3 | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3 index d21979afe0..efb722c113 100644 --- a/man3/exit.3 +++ b/man3/exit.3 @@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ exit \- cause normal process termination .SH DESCRIPTION The .BR exit () -function causes normal process termination and the value of \fIstatus & -0xFF\fP is returned to the parent (see +function causes normal process termination and the least significant byte of +.I status +(i.e., \fIstatus & 0xFF\fP) is returned to the parent (see .BR wait (2)). .PP All functions registered with |