Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!XAIT!mirror!necntc!necis!pbush From: pbush@necis.UUCP (Paul Bush) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: test the exit status inside a shell Keywords: exit status Message-ID: <703@necis.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 88 12:25:56 GMT References: <5651@sgistl.SGI.COM> <3741@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Reply-To: pbush@necis.UUCP (Paul Bush) Organization: NEC Information Systems, Boxborough, MA Lines: 18 In article <3741@boulder.Colorado.EDU> wu@spot.Colorado.EDU (WU SHI-KUEI) writes: >In article <5651@sgistl.SGI.COM> larry@sgistl.SGI.COM (Larry Autry) writes: >>Is there a way to test the exit status of the previously executed process >>while in a shell? In other words, if the previous program returned an exit >>status of (2) (or even (0)), then perform something based upon that return >>value. > >The shell variable $? is set to the exit status of the last executed command. > The above variable '$?' works fine for the Bourne shell (sh). The equivilant C-shell variable is '$status'. Good Luck Paul Bush (necis!pbush)