Python scripts and return codes

[Tim Peters]

[Gunars Lucans]
> I had tried sys.exit(rc) a few days ago and I'd swear it didn't
> return anything but zero back to the shell.  That was on a Win98
> system with version 1.5.2 or 1.6b1.  Right now, with 2.0b1 on NT4,
> it works like a charm.  I'll try to pin down where I went wrong
> before.

On Win98SE:

C:\Python20>python
Python 2.0b1 (#4, Sep  7 2000, 02:40:55) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import sys
>>> sys.exit(3)

C:\Python20>if errorlevel 0 echo yup
yup

C:\Python20>if errorlevel 1 echo yup
yup

C:\Python20>if errorlevel 2 echo yup
yup

C:\Python20>if errorlevel 3 echo yup
yup

C:\Python20>if errorlevel 4 echo yup

C:\Python20>

Perhaps you're thinking of os.system().  Due to the brain-damaged
command.com on Win95 and Win98, os.system() *always* returns 0 under Win9x
(but not under NT, which uses the less brain-damaged cmd.exe as its shell).