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Re: system_exec() on Linux

• Posted by Julio C. Galaret Viera <galaret at ?dinet.co?.uy> Oct 10, 2007
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Robert Craig wrote:
> 
> Julio C. Galaret Viera wrote:
> > According docs: "If it is not possible to run the program, system_exec()
> > will
> > return -1."
> > 
> > While that happens on Windows, on Linux does not return -1 when trying to
> > run
> > a program that does not exist.
> > 
> > Euphoria v. 2.5/3.l.1
> 
> I tried the system_exec() example on Linux.
> It didn't return a -1 error code, but did
> return a non-zero code (32512) which indicates an error. 
> Is that what you got?
> Maybe I just need to change the documentation.
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>

Yes, I got that non-zero code but if successful also returns a non-zero code.
Can I rely on 32512 as being always returned when failing to run?

Regards