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> On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Paul Eggert wrote:
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> > Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 12:30:27 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: "John David Anglin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > Possibly `(exit $?); exit' could be simplified to just `exit'.
> >
> > Yes, that's correct. Sorry, I missed that in my earlier scan.
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> I seem to recall (don't remember which system, that is) running into
> problems with a shell that would re-enter the trap command if the exit was
> not given a specific code other than those the ones listed.
I wrote a little shell script to test the behaviour of the two forms
with various shells under hpux 10.20. With bash, `(exit $?); exit'
is better. With just `exit', the EXIT trap command is not run. Thus,
the clean up wouldn't be done under bash. The HP posix shell works
with either form. Thus, I recommend leaving things as they are currently.
Dave
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