Re^3: Reading return value from C program

agianni's code wouldn't make sense after a fork(), that's true. It would make sense after a waitpid. Maybe that was the tacit assumption. It would have been better made explicit.

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Re^4: Reading return value from C program by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 15, 2007 at 19:08 UTC
Even after `waitpid`, `$?` doesn't indicate whether the child was launched successfully or not. `$?` indicates whether the child ended successfully.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Reading return value from C program by agianni (Hermit) on Mar 15, 2007 at 20:40 UTC
Sorry for the lack of clarity, do the updated comments better reflect the meaning of $?	[reply]