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diff --git a/share/man/man3/sysexits.3 b/share/man/man3/sysexits.3 index 1cac495cf72..c14df27cc1f 100644 --- a/share/man/man3/sysexits.3 +++ b/share/man/man3/sysexits.3 @@ -25,25 +25,22 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: sysexits.3,v 1.11 2014/09/16 16:17:49 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sysexits.3,v 1.12 2015/12/30 16:41:52 tedu Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man3/sysexits.3,v 1.4.2.1 1999/08/29 16:45:41 peter Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: September 16 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 30 2015 $ .Dt SYSEXITS 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm sysexits -.Nd preferable exit codes for programs +.Nd exit codes for programs .Sh SYNOPSIS .In sysexits.h .Sh DESCRIPTION -It is not good practice to call -.Xr exit 3 -with arbitrary values to indicate a failure condition when ending a program. -Instead, the pre-defined exit codes from -.Nm -should be used, so the caller of the process can get a rough -estimation about the failure class without looking up the source code. +Some programs use defined error codes to distinguish between possible errors. +However, most programs in +.Ox +do not. .Pp The successful exit is always indicated by a status of 0, or .Dv EX_OK . |