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Re: OpenBSD shell, errexit, and && in if clause


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: OpenBSD shell, errexit, and && in if clause
Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 20:21:51 -0700
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Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:

> This example isn't right, in that it does not expose the problem, as
> the first command in the AND list should fail.  Did you mean "test -z"
> instead of "test -n" (four instances), or "foo=''", and is there a
> reason to prefer it over the simpler "false"?

I meant foo=''; I installed that.  Thanks.  I thought "false" made the
example unrealistically simple.  (Perhaps I should have left it that
way...)




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