From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> On the assumption that most readers encounter hex numbers much more frequently than octal numbers, and thus find them easier to read & process, change the two uses here to hex. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/_exit.2 | 2 +- man3/exit.3 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man2/_exit.2 b/man2/_exit.2 index c55d2a612c1e..5ed054aeeca3 100644 --- a/man2/_exit.2 +++ b/man2/_exit.2 @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The process's parent is sent a signal. .PP The value -.I "status & 0377" +.I "status & 0xff" is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and can be collected using one of the .BR wait (2) diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3 index 4a30fc39f0f5..83f9ac580bd8 100644 --- a/man3/exit.3 +++ b/man3/exit.3 @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ exit \- cause normal process termination The .BR exit () function causes normal process termination and the -value of \fIstatus & 0377\fP is returned to the parent +value of \fIstatus & 0xff\fP is returned to the parent (see .BR wait (2)). .PP -- 2.16.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
