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On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 02:42:08PM +0100, Matthias Andree wrote:
>Am 12.12.2010 13:38, schrieb Daniel Colascione:
>> On 12/12/10 4:34 AM, Matthias Andree wrote:
>>>> [ -f file ] && echo is
>>> you cannot run scripts containing this
>>> under a "set -e" regime.
>> 
>> Yes you can.
>> 
>>     `-e'
>>           Exit immediately if a simple command (*note Simple
>>           Commands::) exits with a non-zero status, unless the command
>>           that fails is part of the command list immediately following
>>           a `while' or `until' keyword, part of the test in an `if'
>>           statement, part of a `&&' or `||' list, or if the command's
>>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>           return status is being inverted using `!'.  A trap on `ERR',
>>           if set, is executed before the shell exits.
>> 
>
>Yes, in theory.  In practice, I've seen too many shells goof this up.

Maybe in 1986 there was a shell which didn't do this properly under Ultrix.
I sincerely doubt that any modern shell has a problem.

cgf

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