--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Doug Chamberlin
<chamberlin.doug@...> wrote:

>
> I agree.
>
> Over the years I've used and built dozens of utility programs that use

the

> error code return value to reflect various status values unrelated to

the

> basic utility operation. Typically 0 means "no problems", positive

values

> mean basic ops problem (serious operating errors), negative values

mean

> result status (operating normally).
>

Indeed.

To be perfectly strict these are not Error Codes but Exit Codes which
can (as you said) reflect various states.



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