Re: specifying gdb's exit code

[Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>]

On 04/23/2014 06:35 PM, Paul_Koning@Dell.com wrote:
> 
> On Apr 23, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Pedro Alves <alves.ped@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Would it be good if the online help and the manual agreed a bit
>> more?  The manual says "quit [expression]":

>> To exit @value{GDBN}, use the @code{quit} command (abbreviated
>> @code{q}), or type an end-of-file character (usually @kbd{Ctrl-d}).  If you
>> do not supply @var{expression}, @value{GDBN} will terminate normally;
>> otherwise it will terminate using the result of @var{expression} as the
>> error code.
>> @end table
> 
> I think it should say “exit code” rather than “error code”.  Whether a given expression value is the code for an error depends on the value and on the host OS.

Agreed.  I'd even call that an obvious change to the manual.

-- 
Pedro Alves