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From: Tim R. <ti...@pr...> - 2017-09-13 17:25:26
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Ian Murtaugh wrote: > > The negative (-) throws me off, but I guess there is some sort of > reverse mapping going on at the lower levels... ? Tradition. Since the beginning of time, Unix APIs have traditionally returned 0 for simple success, a positive integer for success with a byte count, and a negative errno.h value for errors. -- Tim Roberts, ti...@pr... Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. |