Re: -e does not work with subscript

[Bob Proulx]

Stepan Koltsov wrote:
> set -e
> ( cd some-dir && make )
> ...
> Most readers (and writers) expect script to fail if "make" failed. So
> I think that outer bash should exit with error on "(false)" :-)
> Of course, script can be rewritten as
> ( cd some-dir && make ) || false

Of course the script can also be written as:

  make -C some-dir

:-)

Bob