diff --git a/scripts/test-exit-status.sh b/scripts/test-exit-status.sh
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/test-exit-status.sh
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+# Copyright (c) 2017, the R8 project authors. Please see the AUTHORS file
+# for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+# BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+UUID=$1
+shift
+eval "$@"
+echo $? > /data/r8-tests-$UUID/exitStatus