Re: Exit-on-error option does not work as expected

[Andreas Schwab]

mod.bashbug.2007-07-16@3amok.com writes:

>         archive_item && delete_item

Only simple commands cause the shell to exit on error with -e.  But the
commands in the function archive_item are part of a && list.

    `-e'
          Exit immediately if a simple command (*note Simple
          Commands::) exits with a non-zero status, unless the command
          that fails is part of the command list immediately following
          a `while' or `until' keyword, part of the test in an `if'
          statement, part of a `&&' or `||' list, or if the command's
          return status is being inverted using `!'.  A trap on `ERR',
          if set, is executed before the shell exits.

Andreas.

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