From ded312bcc44704ea16fdfe9fb9f2b46bfd0f537b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2017 14:05:21 +0000
Subject:  Clarify permanent failure API for s6-svwait -r and friends; update
 doc

---
 doc/s6-svwait.html | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'doc/s6-svwait.html')

diff --git a/doc/s6-svwait.html b/doc/s6-svwait.html
index 681dd8f..36b1835 100644
--- a/doc/s6-svwait.html
+++ b/doc/s6-svwait.html
@@ -35,9 +35,20 @@ s6-svwait only waits for notifications; it never polls.
 <p>
 s6-svwait monitors one or more <a href="servicedir.html">service
 directories</a> given as its arguments, waiting for a state (ready, up or down) to
-happen. It exits 0 when the wanted condition becomes true.
+happen.
 </p>
 
+<h2> Exit codes </h2>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> 0: success, the wanted state has been reached </li>
+ <li> 99: timed out </li>
+ <li> 100: wrong usage </li>
+ <li> 111: system call failed </li>
+ <li> <em>n</em>: services were expected to come up, but <em>n</em> of them
+reported permanent failure </li>
+</ul>
+
 <h2> Options </h2>
 
 <ul>
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