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From:	Scott Schwartz <schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu>
To:	rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: backquote status?
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Date:	Sat, 11 Jul 1992 20:13:05 -0400

Is there any way to retrieve the status from a backquote command?
It seems that assignments (like x=`false) set status=0.  Is that
a feature?

-- Scott