_exit.2: Only the least significant byte of exit status is passed to the parent

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2017-04-04 21:04:32 +02:00
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@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The process's parent is sent a
signal.
.LP
The value
.I status
.I "status & 0377"
is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and
can be collected using one of the
.BR wait (2)