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| Reporter | geoffclare | Assigned To | | |
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| Priority | normal | Severity | Objection | Type | Clarification Requested |
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| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted | |
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| Name | Geoff Clare |
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| Organization | The Open Group |
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| Section | 1.4 Utility Description Defaults |
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| Page Number | 2341, 2342 |
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| Line Number | 74553, 74558, 74561, 74563 |
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| Interp Status | --- |
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| Summary | 0001499: Use of "non-zero" in 1.4 under CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS is not specific enough |
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| Description | The CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS subsection of 1.4 has rules that specify non-zero exit status, but this is not specific enough in the case of utilities for which there is a non-zero exit status that does not indicate an error occurred, such as diff, grep, and test.
If the utility is one for which the STDERR default rule comes into play, there is a chain of reasoning (see bug 0001498) that can be followed to deduce a more specific requirement, but it would be preferable for it to be stated directly.
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| Desired Action | On page 2341 line 74553,74558,74561, change:exit status returned shall be non-zero to:exit status returned shall be one that indicates an error occurred
On page 2342 line 74563, change:the utility shall exit with a non-zero exit status to:the utility shall exit with an exit status that indicates an error occurred
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| Tags | tc3-2008 |
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