[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > I need a hand with scripting... ive got a script that 'want' to update cvs > things. But sometimes i get messages like: > "cvs [update aborted]: connect to anoncvs.gnome.org:2401 failed: Connection > refused".... > > The script goes on ignoring the message and it think, it has update the > module... How can i make it more intelligent trying again when this message > apear? > > Thanks, Try testing the special bash variable $?. quote from man bash :
$? Expands to the status of the most recently executed foreground pipeline. so either you test this value explicitly: cvs something; if test "$?" ; then echo "darn" ; fi or you use it implicitly cvs something || echo darn hope this helps mfg ------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Sliwka --- http://emil.nef.wh.uni-dortmund.de/~goff talk to me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ICQ:13961062