2007/8/4, Alexander Kriegisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> I would like to determine the exit code of 'foo' in
> foo | bar
>
> I bash there is the PIPESTATUS array, but in ash (which I must use)
> there is no such thing as PIPESTATUS or arrays. Is there any canonical
> way or at least a workaround to achieve both piping the foo's output
> into bar unconditionally *and* determining foo's exit code?
x=`((( foo 3>&- 4>&- ); echo $? >&3)| bar >&4 3>&- 4>&-) 3>&1` 4>&1
should do the trick. The exit code of foo is in x, the output of bar
goes to the output of the command.
Hope this helps.
Loïc
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