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Re: exit (0)

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May 16th, 2008
Hey There,

I'm not 100% sure on this one, but I believe that "exit 0" or "exit" with any number afterward, causes the shell to exit, while exit(0) is a shell built-in that causes program termination. Generally, your program is running in a subshell that will terminate when your script terminates, so, practically, there's not much of a difference.

Anyone else? Interesting question

, Mike
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