exitcode.go

// -*- Mode: Go; indent-tabs-mode: t -*-

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Canonical Ltd
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
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 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
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 *
 */

package osutil

import (
	"os/exec"
	"syscall"
)

// ExitCode extract the exit code from the error of a failed cmd.Run() or the
// original error if its not a exec.ExitError
func ExitCode(runErr error) (e int, err error) {
	// TODO: with golang-1.12 this becomes a bit nicer:
	//       https://github.com/golang/go/issues/26539
	// golang, you are kidding me, right?
	if exitErr, ok := runErr.(*exec.ExitError); ok {
		waitStatus := exitErr.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus)
		e = waitStatus.ExitStatus()
		return e, nil
	}
	return e, runErr
}