Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 18:30:04 +0100 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> Cc: Freebsd current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sh: "local" assignment from command loses exit status Message-ID: <74dd7d12.793ea654@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <545BADDE.5050605@vangyzen.net> References: <545BADDE.5050605@vangyzen.net>
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Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> wrote:
> In sh, if I use a single statement to declare a local variable and
> assign the output of a command to it, the exit status of that command is
> lost. For example:
>
> should_return_false() {
> local var1=`false`
> }
>
> The function should return non-zero, but it returns zero.
The function should return the return code of the last command.
In your example, the last command is "local".
Fabian
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