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Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/_exit.2 | 6 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 index a17c1805f2a..cecc020d0fb 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/exit.3 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: exit.3,v 1.4 2000/04/20 13:50:02 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: exit.3,v 1.5 2001/03/08 20:43:42 deraadt Exp $ .\" .Dd June 29, 1991 .Dt EXIT 3 @@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ Unlink all files created with the .Xr tmpfile 3 function. .El +Following this, +.Fn exit +calls +.Xr _exit 2. +Note that typically +.Xr exit 2 +only passes the lower 8 bits of +.Fa status +on to the parent, thus negative values have less meaning. .Sh RETURN VALUES The .Fn exit @@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ function never returns. .Xr _exit 2 , .Xr atexit 3 , .Xr intro 3 , +.Xr sysexits 3 , .Xr tmpfile 3 .Sh STANDARDS The diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2 b/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2 index 78902b87c66..9be387423ba 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/_exit.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: _exit.2,v 1.10 2000/10/18 05:12:08 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: _exit.2,v 1.11 2001/03/08 20:43:42 deraadt Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: _exit.2,v 1.6 1995/02/27 12:31:34 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993 @@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ signal, it is notified of the calling process's termination and .Fa status is set as defined by .Xr wait 2 . +(Note that typically only the lower 8 bits of +.Fa status +is passed on to the parent, thus negative values have less meaning.) .It The parent process ID of all of the calling process's existing child processes are set to 1; the initialization process (see the @@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ can never return. .Xr fork 2 , .Xr intro 2 , .Xr sigaction 2 , +.Xr sysexits 3 , .Xr wait 2 , .Xr exit 3 .Sh STANDARDS |