WEXITSTATUS returning 254

[Girish Bopaiah]

Hi All,

Please let me know what is the meaning of exit status 254. 

i am getting this error status

ret  = WEXITSTATUS(system( "inux shell cmd"))

ret value is 254.

May i know for what reasons exit status can be 254

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Regards,
Girish

[pradipta]

HI Girish,

Check the following link which explains the return value meaning.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/808541/any-benefit-in-using-wexitstatus-macro-in-c-over-division-by-256-on-exit-statu

Thanks,
Pradipta

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[Anil Kumar Pugalia]

Assign the return value to status & Check the value of status & WIFEXITED(status) before using the macro below. Read "man 2 wait" for more details.

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Girish Bopaiah said the following on Tuesday 23 September 2014 11:40 AM:

[Girish Bopaiah]

Thanks Anil and Pradipta.

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Regards,
Girish