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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-05-12 00:30:29 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2007-05-12 00:30:29 +0000
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will be ignored.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
The value returned is \-1 on error (e.g.
-.BR fork ()
+.BR fork (2)
failed),
and the return status of the command otherwise.
This latter return status is in the format
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ the calling program has previously called
.PP
It is possible for the shell command to return 127, so that code is not
a sure indication that the
-.BR execve ()
+.BR execve (2)
call failed.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR sh (1),