Re: bash errexit shell option does not work in some cases.

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Subject	Re: bash errexit shell option does not work in some cases.
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On 5/31/20 10:32 PM, Hyunho Cho wrote:
> 
> GNU bash, version 5.0.16(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
>  Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
>  Kernel: Linux 5.4.0-33-generic
>  Architecture: x86-64
> 
> 
> bash errexit shell option does not work in some cases.
> after execution a command, exitcode is set to "1" but shell script does not exited.
You're merely the latest person to discover that this applies to you:
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105

tl;dr
Don't use errexit, it does not mean what you think it does.

-- 
Eli Schwartz
Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User

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Re: bash errexit shell option does not work in some cases. Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> - 2020-05-31 22:46 -0400

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