Re: RFC: error codes on exit
From: Felipe Contreras <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-22 21:19:23
From: Felipe Contreras <hidden>
Date: 2021-05-22 21:19:23
Philip Oakley wrote:
On 21/05/2021 17:53, Alex Henrie wrote:quoted
On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 6:40 PM Felipe Contreras [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
It's good to not include many initial codes, but I would start with at least three: OK = 0, UNKNOWN = 1, NORMAL = 2,If you go that route, could you please pick a word other than "normal" to describe errors that are not entirely unexpected? I'm worried that someone will see "normal" and use it instead of "OK" to indicate success. -AlexTypical <== Normal Though abnormal and atypical often have different implications ;-) P.
Or USUAL. -- Felipe Contreras