From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1603 invoked by alias); 23 Apr 2014 17:46:05 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 1591 invoked by uid 89); 23 Apr 2014 17:46:05 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:45:49 +0000 Received: from int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.12]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s3NHjlmY017124 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:45:47 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.ams2.redhat.com [10.39.146.11]) by int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s3NHjjIY029245; Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:45:46 -0400 Message-ID: <5357FC48.7030206@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:46:00 -0000 From: Pedro Alves User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130625 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paul_Koning@Dell.com CC: tromey@redhat.com, daniel.gutson@tallertechnologies.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: specifying gdb's exit code References: <87ppk89dir.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> <5357F862.306@gmail.com> <0532FE81-AE98-4E34-B48B-D82091FC6CF2@dell.com> In-Reply-To: <0532FE81-AE98-4E34-B48B-D82091FC6CF2@dell.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00453.txt.bz2 On 04/23/2014 06:35 PM, Paul_Koning@Dell.com wrote: > > On Apr 23, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Pedro Alves 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