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From: ldm@homxc.UUCP (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: sh return codes
Message-ID: <2070@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 88 23:21:03 GMT
References: <1231@zen.UUCP> <1930@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Organization: Franklin's Tower South
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Keywords: HPUX
Summary: wait()

In article <1930@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>, lwall@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
> 
> To get the status value > as returned by the program, do a >>8.  
> I do believe this is documented.

	Yup.  See wait(2)...
					wr