[lug] return code

[Tkil]

>>>>> "SC" == scoffin  <scoffin at attbi.com> writes:

SC> The "return code" is set by a process (executing program).  The
SC> redirect is just a change in destination of output of a process
SC> from default to somewhere else.  Redirection is done by the shell,
SC> and is not a process in itself, so it has no return code.

That's what I thought, too, until I did some experimenting.  Take a
look at my other response, and tell me whether or not I'm insane?

t.