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Re: different behaviour of bash and sh
- To: ralf at akutech dot de
- Subject: Re: different behaviour of bash and sh
- From: Chet Ramey <chet at nike dot ins dot cwru dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 05:43:27 -0500
- Cc: bug-bash at gnu dot org, cygwin at cygwin dot com, chet at po dot cwru dot edu
- Read-Receipt-To: chet@po.CWRU.Edu
- Reply-To: chet at po dot CWRU dot Edu
> Machine Type: i686-pc-cygwin
>
> Bash Version: 2.04
> Patch Level: 7
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> The following script behaves differently in bash and sh:
>
> % cat script
> #!/bin/sh --
> checkstat() {
> echo $?
> }
> false
> checkstat
> # End of file
>
> Repeat-By:
>
> $ type bash
> bash is /usr/bin/bash
> $ bash script
> 1
> $ type sh
> sh is /usr/bin/sh
> $ sh script
> 0
>
> The 0 is wrong IMHO, it should be 1. (Even HP with their BD-/bin/sh
> returns 1).
You're reporting a bug in the cygwin sh, not bash.
--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet)
Chet Ramey, CWRU chet@po.CWRU.Edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
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