On 2008-07-13 17:59 +0200, Stefan Schmidt wrote: > I have a bash script with trap, but the trap doesn't catch the error. > > function handle { > echo "This should be reached
Closing quotes are missing, but your script hopefully has them. > exit 1 > } > trap handle ERR > ls nonexist | tee -a output.log > echo "This should not be reached" > > outputs > > ls: nonexist: No such file or directory > This should not be reached > > How come? Because the exit status of the pipe is that of the last command, and tee has no reason to complain: ,---- | % ls nonexistent | tee -a output.log | ls: cannot access nonexistent: No such file or directory | % echo $? | 0 | % `---- In bash you can change this behavior with "set -o pipefail". Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]