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03/14/2013

08:26 PM Ruby Feature #8083: Exit status is limited to one-byte values which is invalid for Windows

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I cannot find exact definition of possible exit codes on Windows, but here is ExitProcess function declaration [1]:
VOID WINAPI ExitProcess(
_In_ UINT uExitCode
);
UINT type definition [2]:
An unsigned INT. The ... rutsky (Vladimir Rutsky)

03/13/2013

07:00 PM Ruby Feature #8083 (Assigned): Exit status is limited to one-byte values which is invalid for Windows

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Windows uses 32-bit process exit codes so Ruby incorrectly truncates them to one byte:
C:\Ruby193\bin>ruby -e "system('C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe /c exit 255'); puts $?.exitstatus"
255
C:\Ruby193\bin>ruby -e "system('C... rutsky (Vladimir Rutsky)