WHY(1)                          DOS COMMANDS                          WHY(1)

NAME
     WHY : To know why the last command failed.

SYNOPSIS
     WHY

TEMPLATE
     WHY

PATH:
     Internal.

DESCRIPTION:
           WHY tells why the last command failed. Most command print a
     diagnostic when their fail, but if the output is redirected in a file or
     in NIL:, it might never appears on the screen. WHY is then useful to
     know what went wrong, especially to understand why a script file failed.
     What WHY does is simply to retrieve the error code of the last command
     and pass it to the FAULT command. This means that why does not work if
     the FAULT command is missing.
 
SEE ALSO:
     FAULT, FAILAT.

EXAMPLE:
     > list >nil: xzwqhky
     > WHY
     Last command failed because object not found