Re: "exit 1" and "exit(1)" are apparently not the same

[roho]

Hi Rob. I'm confident you know that the "exit" return codes are from the exit command given to the Windows "cmd" display. I have used Windows for years and am still mystified at some of its quirks. There is an extensive description of the cmd "exit" return codes in: https://ss64.com/nt/exit.html#:~:text=To%20close%20an%20interactive%20command,an%20alternative%20to%20typing%20EXIT.. Hope this helps.

[syphilis]

... you know that the "exit" return codes are from the exit command given to the Windows "cmd" display.

Duh ... a more accurate appraisal would be .. you should have realized that the "exit" return codes are from the exit command given to the Windows "cmd" display :-(
I needed to instead be looking at (eg):

D:\>perl -le "$x = 1; system perl, '-le', \"exit ($x)\"; print $?;"
256

D:\>perl -le "$x = 1; system perl, '-le', \"exit $x\"; print $?;"
256

Thanks roho !!

Cheers,
Rob