In MiNT I get a return value of 255, in MagiC I get -1. So MiNT seems to trim the value to a byte. It is most definitely not my code trimming it! Could anyone with more C experience than me look into this one?
k_exec.c, sys_pwaitpid() - where the return walue for Pexec(0) comes from:
/* OK, we've found our child
* calculate the return code from the child's exit code and pid and
* the possibly fatal signal that caused it to die.
*/
r = (((unsigned long)p->pid) << 16) | (p->wait_cond & 0x0000ffff);
/* This assumes that NSIG is 32, i. e. the highest possible
signal is 31. We have to use 0x9f instead of 0x1f to be
prepared for a possible core dump flag. */
if (p->signaled)
r = (r & 0xffff00ff) | ((p->last_sig << 8) & 0x00009f00);
else if (p->wait_q != STOP_Q && (p->wait_cond & 0x1f00) != SIGTRAP << 8)
/* Strip down the return code of the child down to 8 bits.
Some misbehaving programs exceed this limit which could
cause a misinterpretation of the wait status signaled
(with possible memory faults if the signal would be
> NSIG). */
r &= 0xffff00ff;
KMK