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From: jws@hpcljws.HP.COM (John Stafford)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: What's the return status of a pipeline???
Message-ID: <720005@hpcljws.HP.COM>
Date: 11 May 89 23:52:54 GMT
References: <186@marvin.moncam.co.uk>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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Don't use ksh either.  In some versions, the exit status of a pipeline
is the exit status of the last component to terminate, not that of the
last component of the pipe line (set +o monitor seems to restore the sh,
last component of the pipe line behavior, but that isn't documented).