Soren A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to do this -- how to pull out a return value > from a command in the middle of a pipeline?
Bash has a builtin array variable PIPESTATUS. There are also some horrible file descriptor manipulation recipes out there for other shells, if you search. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/