Francis Moreau <[email protected]> writes:
> The help of 'local' is rather obscure about the description on its return
> value:
>
> Returns success unless an invalid option is supplied, an
> error occurs, or the shell is not executing a function.
>
> "an error occurs" is rather meaningless IMHO.
See the manual for an alternative description:
The return status is zero unless `local' is used outside a
function, an invalid NAME is supplied, or NAME is a readonly
variable.
Andreas.
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