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authorEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-10-23 06:59:23 -0600
committerEric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>2009-10-23 16:24:08 -0600
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downloadcoreutils-1ce9e1e5ca1e7491bccedeeced15470d856c9a22.tar.xz
nohup: use EXIT_CANCELED if not POSIXLY_CORRECT
* src/nohup.c (NOHUP_FAILURE): Rename... (POSIX_NOHUP_FAILURE): ...to this. (main): Pay attention to POSIXLY_CORRECT, to determine whether to use status 125 or 127. * doc/coreutils.texi (nohup invocation): Document this. * NEWS: Likewise. * tests/misc/invalid-opt (exit_status): Adjust expected results. * tests/misc/help-version (expected_failure_status): Likewise. * tests/misc/nohup: Likewise.
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@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS -*- outline -*-
chroot, env, nice, and su fail with status 125, rather than 1, on
internal error such as failure to parse command line arguments; this
is for consistency with stdbuf and timeout, and avoids ambiguity
- with the invoked command failing with status 1.
+ with the invoked command failing with status 1. Likewise, nohup
+ fails with status 125 instead of 127.
** New features