RE: os.exit()/os.execute() behaviour (Lua 5.1)

[Thijs Schreijer <thijs@...>]

> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1101957/are-there-any-standard-exit-
> status-codes-in-linux
> 
> "8 bits of the return code and 8 bits of the number of the killing
> signal are mixed into a single value on the return from wait(2) & co.."
> 

Thanks everyone! that was the missing piece...
Thijs