Re: Exit status of process by PID

In article <877hnde94q.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ben Finney <ben+unix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

alexvai <alexvaigm@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

I need to know the exit status of process by PID in KSH.

The exit status is only reported to the parent process, as far as I
know.

Since his script IS the parent, why would that be a problem?

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