Markus Laire wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i386 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' > -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include > -I../bash/lib -g -O2 > uname output: Linux Knoppix 2.6.12 #2 SMP Tue Aug 9 23:20:52 CEST 2005 > i686 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.0 > Patch Level: 16 > Release Status: release > > Description: > Bash manpage says that if "set -E" is set, > "any trap on ERR is inherited by shell functions, command > substitutions, > and commands executed in a subshell environment. The ERR trap is > normally not inherited in such cases." > But when running this script > trap 'echo ERR' ERR > set -E > echo "Fail in this shell" > false > ( echo "Fail in subshell" ; false ) > Only first 'false' is trapped, and the 'false' in subshell is not > trapped.
Thanks. This will be fixed in the next version. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet ) Live Strong. No day but today. Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash