On 6/18/15, Nick Stoughton <nstough...@aether.com> wrote: > > set -e > export X=$(false) > # should not reach here > echo did not exit > > But every shell I tested behaves the same way (sh, bash, dash, ksh, mksh, > yash and zsh), so I feel I must be missing something. Can someone explain > why the first 2 examples do not exit on the error in the expansion? >
The exit code of export X=$(false) is export's. --- xoxo iza
