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From: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Possible Sh bug?
Keywords: SUN4, Sequent S81
Message-ID: <1002@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 17 May 89 16:06:51 GMT
Organization: University of Sussex
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Compare the following 'sh' commands on a Sequent Symmetry S81 (DYNIX
3.0.12) and a Sun4 (SunOS 4.0). Both Sh's were fired off from an
interactive Csh:

Symm. S81
---------
% sh
$ echo $?
0
$ if [ $? != 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
$ echo $?
1


Sun4
----
% sh
$ echo $?
0
$ if [ $? != 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
$ echo $?
0


Why the different value of $? at the end of each example? Which system
is at fault? Or are they both wrong :-) :-)

What exit status (value) should the "if" return? My understanding is
that "exit" only works in non-interactive shells (see man sh(1)), but
surely in the above, it shouldn't get as far as the "exit" anyway
because $? is 0. 

I would welcome any help from the net before I start accusing either
Sequent or Sun.

Thanks.
-- 
Andy Clews, Computing Service, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, ENGLAND
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