Re: How to get return Val from Shell prog

Praveen, On my system (SCO 3.2.4.2) the following works: DEFINE r_status INTEGER RUN <command-line> RETURNING r_status LET r_status = r_status / 256 On SCO, the return status is actually made up of two parts: 8 bits for your return value and 8 bits for Unix flags. Dividing by 256 rotates the Unix flags off and shifts your return value to its "proper" position. I don't know this to be true of all operating systems though! Try it and find out. --Craig On Tue, 16 Apr 1996 13:44:53 -0400, praveen@qsun.ho.att.com wrote: > I have a 4GL program that, executes a shell script > using RUN statement, the shell scripts exits with a > value if an error occurs. I want to get that value > back into my 4GL program. Is there a way to do it ? > ====================================================================== Craig Kickel | Unix/C/Database Consultant ckickel@cyberhighway.net | <This space intentionally left blank> ======================================================================