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Formal specification for system exits
We support symbolic exit codes as described by sysexits(3) on FreeBSD systems.
Key concepts
Exit code
When a process terminates it sends an exits code to its parent. The
exit code 0
indicates a success, another exit code indicates an
error. The precise value of the exit code can give a rough idea of the
reason of the failure, without looking at the code of the program.
User stories
#27 Support for symbolic exit codes
As a developer, I want to take advantage of symbolic exit codes and have the opportunity to give useful information to the process operating my programs.
We want to support symbolic exit codes, as described by sysexits(3) on FreeBSD systems.
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