Last update 30-Jun-2005

MBSE BBS - Error return codes.

Following is a list of return codes from all official mbse programs and utilities. These codes can be used in scripts. If a program exits normally, the return code is 0. If a program exits by a signal, the return code is the signal number. This means if you kill a running program with a SIGTERM, the programs exits with the SIGTERM error number. On most platforms this is 15. These errorcodes are for the most part the same on all *nix platforms but because of some small differences I cannot list these here. Just do a kill -l to see a list of errors for your own platform.
Here is the list of other return codes:

100. Commandline error
101. Configuration error
102. Initialisation error
103. A full disk partition
104. UPS alarm detected
105. No valid recipients
106. Execute external program failed
107. Set tty failed
108. File transfer error
109. File attach failed
110. Can't lock program, retry later
111. Node not in nodelist
112. Node may not be called
113. Can't make connection
114. Can't open tty port
115. Node is locked
116. Node IP address not found
117. Unknow session type
118. Not Zone Mail Hour
119. Modem error
120. No modemport available
121. Session error (password)
122. EMSI session error
123. FTSC session error
124. WaZoo session error
125. YooHoo session error
126. Outbound scan error
127. Can't make poll
128. File request error
129. Error processing nodediff
130. Virus found
131. General error
132. Timeout error

The mailer can also return the following error codes:

201. TTY general error
202. TTY timeout
203. TTY EndOfFile
204. TTY Hangup
205. TTY Empty

When an external program is run, a mbse program can exit with return code 256 + the return code of the external program. So if the external program exits with error code 7, the code returned by the mbse program is 263.

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