Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:56:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r260246 - head/bin/sh Message-ID: <201401032256.s03MuND3087495@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jilles Date: Fri Jan 3 22:56:23 2014 New Revision: 260246 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/260246 Log: sh(1): Discourage use of -e. Also, do not say that ! before a pipeline is an operator, because it is syntactically a keyword. Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1 Modified: head/bin/sh/sh.1 ============================================================================== --- head/bin/sh/sh.1 Fri Jan 3 21:38:33 2014 (r260245) +++ head/bin/sh/sh.1 Fri Jan 3 22:56:23 2014 (r260246) @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 1, 2013 +.Dd January 3, 2014 .Dt SH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -235,10 +235,16 @@ or .Dq Li || operator; or if the command is a pipeline preceded by the .Ic !\& -operator. +keyword. If a shell function is executed and its exit status is explicitly tested, all commands of the function are considered to be tested as well. +.Pp +It is recommended to check for failures explicitly +instead of relying on +.Fl e +because it tends to behave in unexpected ways, +particularly in larger scripts. .It Fl f Li noglob Disable pathname expansion. .It Fl h Li trackall
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