Date:         Fri, 7 Oct 2005 03:54:16 -0700
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From:         RolandRB <rolandberry@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Subject:      Re: UNIX Return Codes
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Talbot Michael Katz wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am running command line / "batch" programs in UNIX.  Usually when they
> finish successfully I see a message like:
>
> [1] Done    sas program1.sas
>
>
> When they bomb I typically get:
>
> [1] Exit 2  sas program1.sas
>
>
> But recently I got:
>
> [1] Exit 1  sas program1.sas
>
>
> I looked through the log and there were no errors, but there were
> warnings.  Did the warnings cause the "Exit 1" return message?  If so, is
> there a way to turn off particular warnings that I expect to occur?

Sometimes a warning causes a "1" return code. If you misspell a sas
keyword you can get this. To avoid such warnings you should not do
things that cause the warnings.

> Thanks!
>
> --  TMK  --
> "The Macro Klutz"