01-22-2009
Generally this depends on the binary/program you started before echoing $?. If it has an error message as output, then you can see this. Usually it's written to stderr or stdout, depending how the programmer has written it.
The ranges you posted is probably more a guideline.
If you want to write your own error message translation, just test with "if/then/fi", if $? is >=1 or <=254 and print out the error you want.
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mdm-run
MDM-RUN(1) User Commands MDM-RUN(1)
NAME
mdm-run - run a command in parallel with mdm-master
SYNOPSIS
mdm-run command
mdm-sync command
DESCRIPTION
mdm-run annotates command as a candidate for parallel execution. If an mdm-master process is present (i.e., the environment variable
MDM_CMD_SOCK is defined), mdm-run submits command to the mdm-master, and it exits when the master issues the command to an mdm-slave
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OPTIONS
Neither mdm-run nor mdm-sync accepts any options.
EXIT STATUS
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ENVIRONMENT
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mdm.screen(1)
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