Bug 7634

Summary:	exit status 127 if applet not found
Product:	Busybox	Reporter:	eadmaster <mantoxpub>
Component:	Standard Compliance	Assignee:	unassigned
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	busybox-cvs, mantoxpub
Priority:	P5
Version:	1.22.x
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux
Host:		Target:
Build:

Description eadmaster 2014-11-12 01:48:29 UTC

if the applet is not found, return the exit status 127 instead of 1 as the POSIX standard suggests:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_08_02

This is useful for scripting purposes, for instance:
echo 1+2 | busybox bc
if [ $? -ne 127 ]; then ...

Comment 1 Denys Vlasenko 2014-11-17 16:04:55 UTC

Fixed in git