Angelo Borsotti <angelo.borsotti@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Besides that, it is common practice in *nix OSs to > consider a return != 0 as an error. Is grep not finding a match an error? Is cmp finding a difference an error? It all depends on the context. > How can otherwise the user tell a corrupted configuration file from a > missing key? You cannot, as long as your configuration file is well-formed, because a missing key is an expected condition in many cases. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html