stefan holek wrote: > At 28.01.2002 13:55 +0000, Chris Withers wrote: > >> 1. What does Error Code 6 mean? > > > #define ENXIO 6 /* No such device or address */ Bzzt. The error code comes from waitpid(), which the Python library doco says has the same return code as wait(). The low eight bits are a signal, so we actually got a signal 6, not an exit code 6. Signal 6 is SIGABRT.