UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi,
I am compiling following code on my Linux box using "cc" compilers.I am getting the desired o/p but in the it throws message as "shell returned 208".I would like to know whether is it related to a some kind of error code?

Code:

     1 #include<stdio.h>
      2
      3 main ()
      4 {
      5 char x = 65;
      6 int i;
      7 for (i=1;i<=26;i++)
      8 {
      9 printf("%c\n",x++);
     10 }
     11 }

Thanks

No it is not an error.

You have to 'return 0' as the last statement of your program. You have missed to do, so by default the last statements return value will be returned to the shell which is actually 2 here.

That is returned by print to the program ( print returns the number of characters printed. ).

Got IT ?

Explicitly specify 0, then you will get that ZERO as returned.