Hi, Is the following behaviour intended or a bug in bash (3.1.17(1)-release)? The command list
(set -e; false; echo hello) does not print hello and has non-zero exit status. All fine. If I try to use this fact to display an error message the semantics changes. The following command (set -e; false; echo hello) || echo fail _does_ print hello _rather_ than fail. Why is this? One could argue that the first echo command is now part of an OR-list, but this on the parent-shell level (where set -e has no other effects) and via the command list, and not in the subshell. A corresponding change occurs if the command list is part of an AND-list. Please CC this address since I'm not on the list. Thanks, Johan Hovold _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
