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Date:      Thu, 25 Jul 2002 22:45:59 +0100
From:      Kevin Golding <kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
To:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        FreeBSD LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org>
Subject:   Re: Can you relate to my Tour of Despair?
Message-ID:  <ErFV5EBXGHQ9Ew%2B%2B@caomhin.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20020725163009.O58623-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>
References:  <20020725085104.GK26176@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> <20020725163009.O58623-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net>

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Someone, quite probably Peter Leftwich, once wrote:
>On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>[snip]
>>     % cd /usr/ports && make update
>>     % cd ./audio/agbrowser && make install clean
>
>What does the "&&" do?  Is it similar to the usage of ";" but instead
>issues the command after the "&&" at the result of the "cd?"  That is, does
>the double ampersand cause your shell (which is..?) to not execute the make
>command in the current working dir (cwd)?

&& means the second command will only run if the first was successful
whereas ; will run the second command no matter what.  You can also use
|| which will only run the second command if the first fails.

Kevin
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kevin@caomhin.demon.co.uk

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