Re: errexit does not exit script in subshells

2008-02-01 Thread Michael Potter
The root 'problem' is that errexit only exits the subshell, it does not exit the script. I put that in quotes because under some circumstances that is a feature. I want the script to exit when an error is detected without any extra code. see my other email with the "SOLUTION". Hopefully someone

Re: errexit does not exit script in subshells

2008-02-01 Thread Linda Walsh
Michael Potter wrote: Bash Bunch, Not surprisingly, bash does not exit the script when an error is detected in a subshell. I am hopeful that someone has a solution to this (other than: be careful to not use subshells). This seems to work unless I'm missing something... #!/bin/bash set