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List:       bash-bug
Subject:    Re: 'set -e' and 'trap 0' togheter does not work as expected on syntax errors
From:       Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-08-22 9:31:31
Message-ID: 200908221131.37410.stefano.lattarini () gmail ! com
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At Saturday 22 August 2009, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
> Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> I have the following scripts:
>>
>> [CUT]
>>
>> I thought that when bash detect a syntax errors in the script,
>> it would pass a $? != 0 to the code in the exit trap, regardless
>> of whether `set -e' is active or not.
>
> It's not exactly a bug -- this behavior isn't standardized
> anywhere, and historical shells behave differently.  The behavior
> you want is useful enough that I'll change it for bash-4.1, though.
>
> Chet
Thanks, much appreciated.

Oh, and by the way, sorry for the duplicate message.

Regards,
     Stefano




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