On Jan 28, 2008 11:36 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i486 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -g -O2 > uname output: Linux hilbert 2.6.18-openvz-amd64 #1 SMP Tue Apr 10 19:34:07 > MSD 2007 i686 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.1 > Patch Level: 17 > Release Status: release > > Description: > failed subscript does not cause script to exit, while -e is set > > Repeat-By: > > % cat aa.sh > set -e > > ( > false > ) > > echo "unreachable" > > % bash ./aa.sh > unreachable > % zsh ./aa.sh > zsh: exit 1 zsh ./aa.sh > > Script aa.sh is expected to exit with error and print nothing. In > bash it prints "unreachable". > > bash exits the subshell you create with ( ) and not the shell:
$ bash -ce '(false;echo foo);echo bar' bar
