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authorJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2009-02-21 03:38:33 +0100
committerJay Berkenbilt <ejb@ql.org>2009-02-21 03:38:33 +0100
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parent4499e04b5714747eb954420f8133e650a5137d45 (diff)
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special exit status in --check mode with warnings and no errors
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@@ -741,7 +741,13 @@ make
Checks file structure and well as encryption and
linearization. A file for which <option>--check</option>
reports no errors may still have errors in stream data but
- should otherwise be otherwise structurally sound.
+ should otherwise be otherwise structurally sound. If
+ <option>--check</option> any errors, qpdf will exit with a
+ status of 2. There are some recoverable conditions that
+ <option>--check</option> detects. These are issued as
+ warnings instead of errors. If qpdf finds no errors but finds
+ warnings, it will exit with a status of 3 (as of
+ version&nbsp;2.0.4).
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