https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247410
Bug ID: 247410
Summary: sh(1): Document that if the dot command fails to find
and source the file, the whole script fails
Product: Base System
Version: CURRENT
Hardware: Any
OS: Any
Status: New
Keywords: needs-patch
Severity: Affects Only Me
Priority: ---
Component: bin
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Let's consider the following script:
```
echo 1
[
echo 2
. /nonexistent
echo 3
```
The output of the script is:
```
1
[: missing ]
2
.: cannot open /nonexistent: No such file or directory
```
As we can see, the dot builtin does aborts the script if it cannot source the
desired file, while some other builtins, like [ in this example, just print an
error message and let the script proceed.
We should probably document this behavior.
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