Python exit codes

Question

Where can I find information about meaning of exit codes of \"python\" process on Unix? For instance, if I do \"python thisfiledoesntexist.py\", I get exit code 2

Summar

Answer 1

Unfortunately, there is no 100% guarantee that Python's exit codes will be what the documentation claims they will be: os._exit allows the Python programmer to define which exit code is supposed to be used, which means python file_exists_but_claims_that_it_does_not.py could exit with os.EX_DATAERR.