note 19911 added to function.exit

I am writing some command line scripts, I need to pass an exit status, to the script that called me, but if I use exit() it also prints the integer .... I don't want it to do so.. any ideas?? -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exit.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+19911 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+19911 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+19911