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Exit Codes, Table 3.

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Using the VMware Tools Configuration Utility Exit Codes You might use exits codes if you want to integrate the VMware Tools configuration utility commands with a scripting tool. Table 3. Exit Codes Code Number Applicable Command Description 0 All commands 1 All commands 64 All commands 66 script 69 device and stat 75 stat 77 All commands The command was successful. Always indicates that an error occurred. For the shrink command, 1 means that although shrinking is enabled, the shrink command cannot be carried out. The command-line argument is not valid. The file name does not exist. For the device command, 69 means the specified device does not exist. Use the list subcommand to display valid names of devices. For the stat command, 69 means the program could not communicate with the host (EX_UNAVAILABLE). The host does not support the query, perhaps because the host is not an ESX host (EX_TEMPFAIL). Permission errors. VMware, Inc. 19

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Exit Codes
You might use exits codes if you want to integrate the VMware Tools configuration utility commands with a
scripting tool.
Table 3.
Exit Codes
Code Number
Applicable Command
Description
0
All commands
The command was successful.
1
All commands
Always indicates that an error occurred.
For the
shrink
command, 1 means that although shrinking
is enabled, the shrink command cannot be carried out.
64
All commands
The command-line argument is not valid.
66
script
The file name does not exist.
69
device
and
stat
For the
device
command, 69 means the specified device
does not exist. Use the
list
subcommand to display valid
names of devices.
For the
stat
command, 69 means the program could not
communicate with the host (EX_UNAVAILABLE).
75
stat
The host does not support the query, perhaps because the
host is not an ESX host (EX_TEMPFAIL).
77
All commands
Permission errors.
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