[Vala] Interpreting exit status

[rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>]

Hi all:

I have a little problem: I'm launching a process using 
GLib.Process.spawn_async, and use g_child_add_watch() to receive the 
exit status value. The problem is that I need to interpret the value 
sent by the application, not only "error/no error". I found that the 
value is stored in the upper 8 bits of the status variable, not in the 
lower ones. But in the documentation, it says that it is stored (in UNIX 
systems) in the same way than waitpid. But waitpid documentation is not 
very clear... Can I assume that the value set by the "exit()" call in 
the spawned program is always stored in the upper 8 bits?

Thanks.

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