Buddha M. D. Buck writes (Bug#818: echo builtin doesn't check for write
errors):
As of 1.14.6-4, this bug is still there... maybe
$ type echo
echo is a shell builtin
$ echo foo /dev/full
$ echo $?
0
$ cat /dev/zero /dev/full
cat: write error: No space left on device
$ echo $?
1
As of 1.14.6-4, this bug is still there... maybe
$ type echo
echo is a shell builtin
$ echo foo /dev/full
$ echo $?
0
$ cat /dev/zero /dev/full
cat: write error: No space left on device
$ echo $?
1
$ /bin/echo foo /dev/full
$ echo $?
0
$ file /bin/echo
/bin/echo: ELF 32-bit LSB executable,
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