Thread: exit() vs return()

Would you clarify when and why you would use “return 0;” inside a main() as opposed to exit(0) ?

Exit(0) would have cleanup code that return(0) does not? True?

Code:

/* exittest1.c */

#include<stdio.h>

int main() {

int a;
 a = 69;
exit(a);
}

and

Code:

/* exittest1.c */

#include<stdio.h>

int main() {

int a;
 a = 69;
return(a);
}

How do you obtain the value returned?

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ps do not recall seeing return 0; inside main() before. was looking through the faq and noticed some have it in the examples and some not.