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From: David Kramer <david AT thekramers DOT net>
Subject: Re: pdksh not setting $? with exit status of commands
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:52:53 +0000 (UTC)
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Dave Korn <dave.korn <at> artimi.com> writes:

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of David Kramer
> > Sent: 19 January 2005 15:20
> 
> > When I execute commands in the pdksh shell that should set an 
> > exit value, $? is
> > not being set.  When I use the bash shell, it is.  
> 
>   This one already came up very recently.  Search the list archives.
> 
>     cheers, 
>       DaveK

I *did* STFW first.  The closest thread I could find is "negative error status:
gcc vs. cl", which invloves both negative exit values and Windows commands,
neither of which are relevant to my problem.  I'm trying to use Cygwin binaries
inside Cygwin's pdksh shell, and expecting 0 or 1.

If you can recall anything else about the thread you mentioned, I would
appreciate it.  For what it's worth, the search page will not let me search on
"$?".  I tried searching for "ksh exit"

Thanks for your help.



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