Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 20:06:54 -0700 (PDT) From: george@cia-g.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1793: /bin/sh return w/o exitstatus in a function sets exitstatus to true Message-ID: <199610140306.UAA21113@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199610140310.UAA21230@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1793
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: /bin/sh return w/o exitstatus in a function sets exitstatus to true
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sun Oct 13 20:10:01 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: George Simunovich
>Organization:
>Release: 2.2-current
>Environment:
2.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #0: Sat Oct 12 13:26:46 MDT 1996
>Description:
A return without an exit status in a sh functino sets the exit status
to true.
bash works as does /bin/sh on FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE
>How-To-Repeat:
When the following script is run it echos "True Condition".
#!/bin/sh
Tester()
{
false
return
}
if Tester
then
echo "True Condition"
else
echo "Not True Condition"
fi
>Fix:
use bash?
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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