EXIT_SUCCESS(3const) EXIT_SUCCESS(3const) NAME EXIT_SUCCESS, EXIT_FAILURE - termination status constants LIBRARY Standard C library (libc) SYNOPSIS #include #define EXIT_SUCCESS 0 #define EXIT_FAILURE /* nonzero */ DESCRIPTION EXIT_SUCCESS and EXIT_FAILURE represent a successful and unsuccessful exit status respectively, and can be used as arguments to the exit(3) function. CONFORMING TO C99 and later; POSIX.1-2001 and later. EXAMPLES #include #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { FILE *fp; if (argc != 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s \n", argv[0]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } fp = fopen(argv[1], "r"); if (fp == NULL) { perror(argv[1]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } /* Other code omitted */ fclose(fp); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } SEE ALSO exit(3), sysexits.h(3head) Linux man-pages 6.7 2023-10-31 EXIT_SUCCESS(3const)