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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2011-07-11 09:44:07 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2011-07-11 09:44:07 +0000
commitf37ec6d0eca54e78591941710bf176d838010944 (patch)
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Use mandoc.1's error codes (we use them internally).
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database of indexed file-names.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
-.Ex -std
+The
+.Nm
+utility exits with one of the following values:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
+.It 0
+No errors occurred.
+.It 5
+Invalid command line arguments were specified.
+No input files have been read.
+.It 6
+An operating system error occurred, for example memory exhaustion or an
+error accessing input files.
+Such errors cause
+.Nm
+to exit at once, possibly in the middle of parsing or formatting a file.
+The output databases are corrupt and should be removed .
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc 1
.Sh AUTHORS