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Re: [Help-bash] set -e when using traps recommend?
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DJ Mills |
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Re: [Help-bash] set -e when using traps recommend? |
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Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:42:18 -0400 |
On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 10:52 AM, adrelanos <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
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> should I use set -e anyway even if I am already using traps?
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> Cheers,
> adrelanos
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In my opinion, you should never use set -e. Check exit statuses
yourself when you need to.
But what traps? an ERR trap? then definitely not. If you're using an
EXIT trap to clean up,
though, errexit could be used. It really all depends on what you're
doing with the traps.
Also, you should give this a look:
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105