Bastian Bittorf wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i486 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-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 > -Wall > uname output: Linux bastian-laptop 2.6.28-13-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 2 > 07:57:31 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.2 > Patch Level: 48 > Release Status: release > > Description: > > when assigning local variables in functions, > you cannot use the returncode which is generated > for quick branching with '||' or '&&'
The `local' builtin returns success if the assignment is performed correctly. An assignment statement's return status is the status of the last command substitution performed, or zero if none was performed. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
