Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:09:36 +0000 (UTC) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bourne shell short-circuit operators improperly documented Message-ID: <h4022g$eco$1@lorvorc.mips.inka.de> References: <200907172257.QAA15292@lariat.net> <20090718000116.GA8379@steerpike.hanley.stade.co.uk> <200907180121.TAA16416@lariat.net>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> wrote: > As I understand it, when it comes to UNIX result codes, 0 doesn't > really mean "true" -- it means "no error." (In other words, it > means "false.") Whereas any nonzero value means there was an error > (and indicates what kind). In other words, it means that it's > "true" that there was an error. You are very confused. $ true; echo $? 0 $ false; echo $? 1 -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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