/*
@(#)File: $RCSfile: not.c,v $
@(#)Version: $Revision: 4.2 $
@(#)Last changed: $Date: 2005/06/22 19:44:07 $
@(#)Purpose: Invert success/failure status of command
@(#)Author: J Leffler
@(#)Copyright: (C) JLSS 1991,1997,2005
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#include "stderr.h"
#ifndef lint
static const char sccs[] = "@(#)$Id: not.c,v 4.2 2005/06/22 19:44:07 jleffler Exp $";
#endif
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int pid;
int corpse;
int status;
err_setarg0(argv[0]);
if (argc <= 1)
{
/* Nothing to execute. Nothing executed successfully. */
/* Inverted exit condition is non-zero */
exit(1);
}
if ((pid = fork()) < 0)
err_syserr("failed to fork\n");
if (pid == 0)
{
/* Child: execute command using PATH etc. */
execvp(argv[1], &argv[1]);
err_syserr("failed to execute command %s\n", argv[1]);
/* NOTREACHED */
}
/* Parent */
while ((corpse = wait(&status)) > 0)
{
if (corpse == pid)
{
/* Status contains exit status of child. */
/* If exit status of child is zero, it succeeded, and we should
exit with a non-zero status */
/* If exit status of child is non-zero, if failed and we should
exit with zero status */
exit(status == 0);
/* NOTREACHED */
}
}
/* Failed to receive notification of child's death -- assume it failed */
return (0);
}
ls nonexistingpath; test $? -eq 2 && echo "yes, nonexistingpath doesn't exist."
# Alternatively without an error message and handling of any error code > 0
ls nonexistingpath 2>/dev/null; test $? -gt 0 && echo "yes, nonexistingpath doesn't exist."