On 7/17/07, Paul Jarc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nevertheless, it is. The current behavior is too well-entrenched to
change it, so the most reliable way to get the behavior you want is to
skip "-e" and add "&&" between all commands.
Change the documentation to insert the bracketed sentence:
> In tcsh (and zsh) the "set implicitcd" is extremely useful when you
> get used to it.
> It allows on to type just "DIRECTORY_NAME" instead of "cd
> DIRECTORY_NAME". At first it might seem like a minor difference, but
> after getting used to it it's quite helpful, especially when you do a
> lot o
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My claim is that in the attached script, the 'false' command should
> *not* be considered to be a part of the && list.
Nevertheless, it is. The current behavior is too well-entrenched to
change it, so the most reliable way to get the behavior you want is
In tcsh (and zsh) the "set implicitcd" is extremely useful when you
get used to it.
It allows on to type just "DIRECTORY_NAME" instead of "cd
DIRECTORY_NAME". At first it might seem like a minor difference, but
after getting used to it it's quite helpful, especially when you do a
lot of cut and p
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> archive_item && delete_item
Only simple commands cause the shell to exit on error with -e. But the
commands in the function archive_item are part of a && list.
`-e'
Exit immediately if a simple command (*note Simple
Commands::) exits w
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Script:
#! /bin/bash
set -e
archive_item()
{
set -e
false # this is the command that fails to archive the item
echo 'Archived.'
}
delete_item()
{
true
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: i386-redhat-linux-gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/sha
