[ On Thursday, October 11, 2001 at 20:06:18 (-0700), Paul Sander wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: cvs exit status
>
> > cvs update
> > if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
> > echo "something bad happened, exit status is $?"
> > fi
> > exit $?
>
> Neither of our scripts is truly useful because both always exit with a 0
> status. A useful one would pass CVS's status through, or interpret CVS'
> output to produce a reliable status.
Grrr... yeah, I guess that's what I get for coding without testing! ;-)
cvs update
rc=$?
if [ $rc -ne 0 ] ; then
echo "something bad happened, exit status is $rc"
fi
exit $rc
> And your point is what? That it's okay to sometimes let nondeterministic
> errors go undetected? Sorry, that's not good enough.
I think in real life the chance for this overflow having any adverse
affect would be about nil.... You're making a mountain out of a tiny
mole hill.
--
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