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Re: set -e is not clearly documented
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: set -e is not clearly documented |
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Mon, 7 Oct 2013 08:17:33 -0400 |
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 11:01:11AM +0200, Bart?omiej Palmowski wrote:
> $ ( set -e; echo foo; false; echo bar; ) # this one is expected
> foo
> $ ( set -e; echo foo; false; echo bar; ) || true # this one is not expected
> foo
> bar
set -e is useless rubbish that should be avoided.
See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105 for details.
Bash is required to IMPLEMENT set -e because it's part of the POSIX
specification. You are not required to USE it.