OS Error number

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:07:06 +0500, Muhammad Rizwan wrote:

> Hello
> 
> Is there any way that we get the number of OS error which we have
> received.
> Like i am adding user as:
> useradd rizwan
> useradd: user rizwan exists
> 
> Now in this case i receive message that useradd: user rizwan exists, Is
> there any way to get the number of this error.

$? expands to the return code of the most recently run program

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