Someone, quite probably Peter Leftwich, once wrote: >On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: >[snip] >> % cd /usr/ports && make update >> % cd ./audio/agbrowser && make install clean > >What does the "&&" do? Is it similar to the usage of ";" but instead >issues the command after the "&&" at the result of the "cd?" That is, does >the double ampersand cause your shell (which is..?) to not execute the make >command in the current working dir (cwd)?
&& means the second command will only run if the first was successful whereas ; will run the second command no matter what. You can also use || which will only run the second command if the first fails. Kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
