> Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > `echo' now displays an error message on write errors.
> 
> In the case of a SIGPIPE trap, is it intended that echo sees EPIPE
> before the SIGPIPE handler runs?

Yes.  POSIX requires that trap handling be deferred until a `foreground
utility' completes, and builtins count.

Chet

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