Re: return value from RUN-command (4GL)

Posted in 1997

Art S. Kagel — Tue, 30 Sep 1997 12:57:11 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Dieter Winkler wrote: > > I've got a problem with return values from the unix shell (Siemens Nixdorf > Unix - German product). > > If I call a shell script with the RUN-command in 4gl i never got the right > return value. Can anyone help me to solve this problem? The return value is multiplied by 0x100 or shifted left 8bits. Just: run "COMMAND" returning ret let ret = ret / 256 BTW return codes > 255 will be truncated since only 16bits are returned. Art S. Kagel