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06-09-2014

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Originally Posted by msol

We have a batch Unix process that runs during the day and it is getting an exit code 11 from Unix.

I sense a slight misunderstanding here and before we go further i want to clear it up: "exit codes" are the result of a system call which ends a program and sets a certain exit code. It is common that an exit code of "0" indicates success and any non-zero exit code describes some or the other error condition. What this error condition might be is not standardized, so one program might give back "2" for "for not found" and another for something different.

The bottom line here is: not "UNIX gives back an exit code" but the application sets it itself upon exiting. UNIX just reports it. You could easily write a shell script yourself which sets any arbitrary exit code by using the "exit" keyword with some (signed short short) integer:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

i=125

# ... arbitrary code ....

exit $i

Run this and query the exit code:

Code:

# /path/to/script ; echo $?
125

You could enter any value -127-+127 and get the respective result. Therefore you need to consult the documentation of your application and find out what exit code "11" means. This depends entirely on the application you use and could be anything.

I hope this helps.

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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

_exithandle

exit(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 						  exit(3C)

NAME

       exit, _exithandle - terminate process

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdlib.h>

       void exit(int status);

       void _exithandle(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The exit() function terminates a process by calling first _exithandle() and then _exit() (see exit(2)).

       The  _exithandle() function calls any functions registered through the atexit(3C) function in the reverse order of their registration. This
       action includes executing all finalization code from the .fini sections of all objects that are part of the process.

       The _exithandle() function is intended for use only with _exit(), and allows for specialized processing such as dldump(3C) to be performed.
       Normal process execution should not be continued after a call to _exithandle() has occurred, as internal data structures may have been torn
       down due to atexit() or .fini processing.

       The symbols EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE are defined in the header <stdlib.h> and may be used as the value of status to indicate  success-
       ful or unsuccessful termination, respectively.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       exit(2), atexit(3C), dldump(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    1 Mar 2004								  exit(3C)

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