[pca] PCA return codes

[Fred Chagnon]

Fantastic.
Thanks Martin!

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Martin Paul <martin at par.univie.ac.at>wrote:

> Fred Chagnon wrote:
>
>> In my wrapper script for pca, I would like to be able to determine if pca
>> finished patching completely, or if it finished prematurely, perhaps due
>> to
>> a patch that required an immediate reconfigure reboot. Does pca have
>> different return codes for these situations? Where can I see a list of
>> possible exit situations?
>>
>
> I've taken the simple approach now, and at last implemented that in the
> current development release. From "pca --man":
>
>  EXIT STATUS
>    The following exit values are returned:
>
>       0  No error
>       1  Unknown error
>       2  Usage error
>       3  Reboot required to continue patch installation
>       4  Reboot required
>       5  Reboot recommended
>
> That should be enough for most wrapper scripts. The future will tell
> whether more exit values will be needed/added.
>
> Martin.
>
>


-- 
Fred Chagnon
fchagnon at gmail.com
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