Re: Win32 WEXITSTATUS too simplistic - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Win32 WEXITSTATUS too simplistic
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Msg-id 28111.1167163278@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Win32 WEXITSTATUS too simplistic  ("Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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"Andrew Dunstan" <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Anyone want to run down what we should really
>> be using instead of the above macros?

> The exit code is apparently what is reported from GetExitCodeProcess().
> For info on that see
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/getexitcodeprocess.asp

> I think we are possibly seeing the third case, i.e. the code from an
> unhandled exception.  I haven't managed to find an API to handle them
> though ...

Right ... but I don't think we want to "handle the exception".  The
right question to be asking is "what is the encoding of these 'exception
values' it's talking about?"
        regards, tom lane


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