11-03-2008
$? means?
Hi All,
Can you please explain wats the meaning of this
$?
in unix
Thanks
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NAME
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SYNOPSIS
#include <libexplain/fopen.h>
FILE *explain_fopen_or_die(const char *pathname, const char *flags);
DESCRIPTION
The explain_fopen_or_die() function opens the file whose name is the string pointed to by pathname and associates a stream with it. See
fopen(3) for more information.
This is a quick and simple way for programs to constitently report file open errors in a consistent and detailed fahion.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion explain_fopen_or_die returns a FILE pointer.
If an error occurs, explain_fopen will be called to explain the error, which will be printed onto stderr, and then the process will termi-
nate by calling exit(EXIT_FAILURE).
SEE ALSO
fopen(3)
stream open functions
explain_fopen(3)
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exit(2) terminate the calling process
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