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document that exit() -> wait() only returns low bits

OPENBSD_2_9
deraadt 24 years ago
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" 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 .Dd June 29, 1991
.Dt EXIT 3 .Dt EXIT 3
@ -66,6 +66,15 @@ Unlink all files created with the
.Xr tmpfile 3 .Xr tmpfile 3
function. function.
.El .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 .Sh RETURN VALUES
The The
.Fn exit .Fn exit
@ -74,6 +83,7 @@ function never returns.
.Xr _exit 2 , .Xr _exit 2 ,
.Xr atexit 3 , .Xr atexit 3 ,
.Xr intro 3 , .Xr intro 3 ,
.Xr sysexits 3 ,
.Xr tmpfile 3 .Xr tmpfile 3
.Sh STANDARDS .Sh STANDARDS
The The


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