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what is meaning of exit(0) and exit(1)

can u tell me what is the meaning of exit(0),exit(1),exit(2)
what is diff amonng these.
Amit
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Old 08-28-2007
exit status ranges from 0-255.
only exit 0 means the success and rest
describe some sort of failure.The status is not known
if you want to know that you cad do that by typing $? on command prompt.

Thanks
Namish
 
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