1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tail.c b/tail.c
index 2027d92..3189d20 100644
--- a/tail.c
+++ b/tail.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ extern int tail_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			exit_status |= tail_file(argv[i], n_units);
 	}
 
-	exit(exit_status == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
+	return(exit_status == 0 ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE);
 }