Matthias Klose wrote:
>
> The exit status should be 127, not 1. That would allow
> bash -c '. bogus; diff file other-file'
> to be distinguished from
> bash -c '. /dev/null; diff file other-file'
There's no good reason to change this. If you want to check whether
or not a file exists before trying to source it, use test -e or
test -f. If you want the shell to abort if the file argument can't
be read, use posix mode.
Chet
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