Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:43:08 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: FreeBSD User Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is the difference between ; and && Message-ID: <200401071743.08892.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> In-Reply-To: <1073518758.765.79.camel@gyros> References: <200401071736.42467.ecrist@adtechintegrated.com> <1073518758.765.79.camel@gyros>
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On Wednesday 07 January 2004 05:39 pm, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 18:36, Eric F Crist wrote: > > Just wondering what the difference is between ; and &&? > > > > I use make depend; make; make install and others say they use: > > This notation will run each command, one after the other, regardless of > the exit status of the previous command. > > > make depend && make && make install > > This notation will only run the subsequent command if the previous > command exited cleanly without error. This is a much safer syntax. > > Joe Thanks for the clarification! After 5 years, I will finally change my incorrect ways. I've learned something new today, I guess that means I can go home! -- Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588
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