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Subject: [Boost-users] [process]distinguish normal exit from signaled not possible?
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-12-17 14:39:50


Hello,
I'm evaluating boost.process. It seams to me that it is impossible to
distinguish a normal exit from a termination by a signal (for instance
SIGBUS etc.).
child::exit_code() calls eval_exit_status() that expands on POSIX to:
if (WIFEXITED(code)) {
return WEXITSTATUS(code);
} else if (WIFSIGNALED(code))
{

        return
WTERMSIG(code);

    }
    else

{

        return
code;

    }



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