GOTO Masanori gotom@debian.or.jp
Greg Louis glouis@dynamicro.on.ca
Greg McGary gkm@gnu.org
+Greg Metcalfe metcalfegreg@qwest.net
Greg Schafer gschafer@zip.com.au
Greg Troxel gdt@bbn.com
Greg Wooledge gawooledge@sherwin.com
@display
0 success
-1 minor problems (e.g., a subdirectory was not found)
-2 serious trouble (e.g., memory exhausted)
+1 minor problems (e.g., failure to access a file or directory not
+ specified as a command line argument. This happens when listing a
+ directory in which entries are actively being removed or renamed.)
+2 serious trouble (e.g., memory exhausted, invalid option or failure
+ to access file or directory specified as a command line argument)
@end display
Also see @ref{Common options}.
/* Exit statuses. */
enum
{
- /* "ls" had a minor problem (e.g., it could not stat a directory
- entry). */
+ /* "ls" had a minor problem. E.g., while processing a directory,
+ ls obtained the name of an entry via readdir, yet was later
+ unable to stat that name. This happens when listing a directory
+ in which entries are actively being removed or renamed. */
LS_MINOR_PROBLEM = 1,
- /* "ls" had more serious trouble. */
+ /* "ls" had more serious trouble (e.g., memory exhausted, invalid
+ option or failure to stat a command line argument. */
LS_FAILURE = 2
};
"), stdout);
fputs (_("\
\n\
-Exit status is 0 if OK, 1 if minor problems, 2 if serious trouble.\n\
+Exit status:\n\
+0 if OK,\n\
+1 if minor problems (e.g., failure to access a file or directory not\n\
+ specified as a command line argument\n\
+2 if serious trouble (e.g., memory exhausted, invalid option or failure\n\
+ to access a file or directory specified as a command line argument).\n\
"), stdout);
emit_bug_reporting_address ();
}