Stepan Koltsov wrote:
BTW, my use case for "(false)" is:
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set -e
( cd some-dir && make )
( cd other-dir && ./build.sh )
( cd third-dir && ant )
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Most readers (and writers) expect script to fail if "make" failed. So
I think that outer bash should exit with error on "(false)" :-)
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I wouldn't, since you are placing the ops in a subshell --
only the subshell has the "error", but the top level shell wouldn't
have an error just because a subshell exited. If you want the
shell to exit, use braces:
{ cd some-dir &* make ; }
# braces don't parse as end-of-line delimiters
# like parens do, so the semicolon is needed after make
