--- ray/src/rt/persist.c	1997/11/07 12:12:53	2.22
+++ ray/src/rt/persist.c	1997/11/24 15:13:33	2.24
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 1996 Regents of the University of California */
+/* Copyright (c) 1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc. */
 
 #ifndef lint
-static char SCCSid[] = "$SunId$ LBL";
+static char SCCSid[] = "$SunId$ SGI";
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ io_process()		/* just act as go-between for actual pro
 	char	buf[BUFSIZ], *pfin, *pfout, *pferr;
 	int	pid, nfds;
 	int	fdout, fderr = -1;
+	int	status = 0;
 	fd_set	readfds, excepfds;
 					/* load persist file */
 	n = 40;
@@ -268,12 +269,28 @@ io_process()		/* just act as go-between for actual pro
 				close(fderr);
 				/* close(2);	don't close stderr! */
 				fderr = -1;
-			} else
-				do {		/* write it all */
+			} else {
+				cp[nr] = '\0';	/* deduce status if we can */
+				n = strlen(progname);
+				if (!strncmp(cp, progname, n) &&
+						cp[n++] == ':' &&
+						cp[n++] == ' ') {
+					register struct erract	*ep;
+					for (ep = erract; ep < erract+NERRS;
+							ep++)
+						if (ep->pre[0] &&
+							!strncmp(cp+n, ep->pre,
+							    strlen(ep->pre))) {
+							status = ep->ec;
+							break;
+						}
+				}
+				do {		/* write message */
 					if ((n = write(2, cp, nr)) <= 0)
 						goto writerr;
 					cp += n;
 				} while ((nr -= n) > 0);
+			}
 		}
 						/* renderer stdout */
 		if (fdout >= 0 && (FD_ISSET(fdout, &readfds) ||
@@ -293,7 +310,8 @@ io_process()		/* just act as go-between for actual pro
 				} while ((nr -= n) > 0);
 		}
 	}
-	_exit(0);		/* we ought to return renderer error status! */
+	wait(0);		/* wait for feeder process */
+	_exit(status);
 formerr:
 	error(USER, "format error in persist file");
 readerr: