Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/multicommand.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/multicommand.c	(revision 7938)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/lib.shell/multicommand.c	(revision 7940)
@@ -70,4 +70,18 @@
 	  }
 
+	  // receive the command exit status
+	  if (ExpectMessage (server, 2.0, &message)) {
+	    switch (errno) {
+	      case EPIPE:
+		gprint (GP_ERR, "server connection has died\n");
+		exit (1);
+	      default:
+		gprint (GP_ERR, "I/O error sending server message\n");
+		exit (2);
+	    }
+	  } else {
+	    sscanf (message.buffer, "STATUS %d", &status);
+	  }
+
 	  // receive the resulting stderr
 	  if (ExpectMessage (server, 2.0, &message)) {