Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > > > if [ "x$quiet" = "xyes" ]; then > (cd $src; \ > ./Configure ${vflag} -file Configuration.apaci >/dev/null || \ > exit $?);
The exit $? *inside* the subshell is redundant. As mentioned in my previous email (you may not have seen it yet) the error code of the completed subshell is available as $?. eg: (cd src; ./Configure <something broken>); echo $? prints out the exit code of the complete subshell. -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski [|] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [|] http://www.jaguNET.com/ "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both and deserve neither" - T.Jefferson