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error code for failure to execute

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From: Clint Adams <schizo@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: error code for failure to execute
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:47:10 -0500
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Does this make sense?

$ touch /tmp/nonex
$ chmod 0 /tmp/nonex
$ (/tmp/nonex) 2>/dev/null || echo $?
127
$ (/tmp/nonex)
zsh: permission denied: /tmp/nonex
$ echo $?
126
$ (/tmp/nonex) 2>/dev/null
$ echo $?
127
$

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