Re: os.execute returns munged exit status

[Asko Kauppi <asko.kauppi@...>]

"This function is equivalent to the C function system. It passes 
command to be executed by an operating system shell. It returns a 
status code, which is system-dependent."

Returning 256 is quite okay imho, since regular programs would return 
0..255. There is no "false" command, and I don't think there's a shell 
either..?

-ak


15.10.2004 kello 21:27, Aaron Brown kirjoitti:

>  Instead of returning the shell's exit status, os.execute
> returns that exit status multiplied by 256 (i.e., shifted
> over one byte).  I assume that's not intentional.