Hi, On Friday 06 February 2009 17:02, Paul Jarc wrote: > Michael Rendell <mich...@cs.mun.ca> wrote: > > local x=$( echo hi; exit 20); > > ret=$? > > Here you're getting the exit status of "local" itself, which is 0. If > you want the exit status of the command substitution, make that a > separate command: > local x > x=$( echo hi; exit 20);
Yes - realized that might be the case after sending the message; similar for the export command. Sorry! Best wishes, Michael
