Try `echo $?` immediately after the program is finished (before running anything else). HTH and have a _great_ day! On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 11:39:18PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > > If I'm running a program by invoking it from a bash prompt, can > someone please tell me how I can check it's return value? I looked at > the bash man page, but couldn't find anything on this. Thanks. > > Greg > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFBEbn27s9z/XlyUyARArHZAJwOsM88C5FJSm8hQTPZW5nXFvuTrgCgihIB > sAEDzTj+QAJp4PVyD3dgoqw= > =nVkf > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid at sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid Opinions herein are either mine or they are flame bait. CIRCLE RADIUS = sqrt (x ^ 2 + y ^ 2)
