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Exit Codes
You might use exit codes if you want to integrate the VMware Tools configuration utility commands with a
scripting tool.
Table 4-3. 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 indicates 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 indicates that the specified
device does not exist. Use the list subcommand to display
valid names of devices.
For the stat command, 69 indicates that 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/ESXi host (EX_TEMPFAIL).
77 All commands Permission errors.
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