From 877082263186aefcb06d8cf6b1fac4b2fa45a327 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Reilly <peterreilly@apache.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 13:36:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] document error code returned

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ant/core/trunk@544485 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
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 docs/manual/running.html | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/running.html b/docs/manual/running.html
index 90c24afaf..cc7069103 100644
--- a/docs/manual/running.html
+++ b/docs/manual/running.html
@@ -474,7 +474,9 @@ Ant releases breaking your build file.
 <h3>return code</h3>
 <p>the ant start up scripts (in their Windows and Unix version) return
 the return code of the java program. So a successful build returns 0,
-failed builds return other values.
+failed builds return other values. For the most part error code of 1
+is used for failed builds, however if the cause of the error is an external process, the
+error code of that process will be propagated.
 </p>
 
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