On 11/4/13 4:24 AM, Peggy Russell wrote:
>>> "declare -g var" should return a nonzero return code when it fails.
>
>> There is a problem here, and the problem that causes the spurious error
>> message from test_error has been fixed in bash-4.3. However, I don't think
>> you completely understand
> > "declare -g var" should return a nonzero return code when it fails.
> There is a problem here, and the problem that causes the spurious error
> message from test_error has been fixed in bash-4.3. However, I don't think
> you completely understand what bash scoping is, or what makes a variable
On 11/1/13, 12:37 AM, Peggy Russell wrote:
> Hi,
>
> "declare -g var" should return a nonzero return code when it fails.
>
> Declaring a local variable as global in a function, has a exit status of 0,
> but the operation was not successful (see test_error). "help declare" and
> the bash man pag
