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| author | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2016-09-07 01:57:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2016-09-07 01:57:09 +0100 |
| commit | a6bcdbe13c25af3cf4bfd0849342fff5ffd75700 (patch) | |
| tree | 40ff4e5af89ba4eaa46b413b214b62942ce07b0a | |
| parent | a54f073af838b611d7099597919f69c24cffea07 (diff) | |
| download | lvm2-a6bcdbe13c25af3cf4bfd0849342fff5ffd75700.tar.gz | |
man: Additional info on exit statuses.
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diff --git a/man/lvm.8.in b/man/lvm.8.in index da853494c..0db0ee40b 100644 --- a/man/lvm.8.in +++ b/man/lvm.8.in @@ -744,6 +744,11 @@ without % suffix), string. .SH DIAGNOSTICS . All tools return a status code of zero on success or non-zero on failure. +The non-zero codes distinguish only between the broad categories of +unrecognised commands, problems processing the command line arguments +and any other failures. As LVM remains under active development, the +code used in a specific case occasionally changes between releases. +Message text may also change. . .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES . |