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Bridge : Process Class

exitValue()

Description

Returns the exit value (aka return code) of a process that was running. Used by run() and runShellCommand() to return the status of the process that the user has launched.

exitValue() returns a 0 if the process is has completed correctly.

If an error occurred during the process the exit value will different than 0. There isn't a standard definition for the return code, it depends on the process. Refer to the documentation of the process to know what the code means.

Syntax

• Process.exitValue()

Parameters

none

Returns

unsigned int. 0 if the process completed correctly. Any value other than 0 means an error occurred during the process. There isn't a standard for the return code, depends on the process you have run.

See also

• run()
• runShellCommand()
• addParameter()
• begin()
• runAsynchronously()

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