From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15107 invoked from network); 15 May 2008 13:11:00 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 15 May 2008 13:11:00 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 33962 invoked from network); 15 May 2008 13:10:54 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 May 2008 13:10:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 7675 invoked by alias); 15 May 2008 13:10:51 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 25035 Received: (qmail 7657 invoked from network); 15 May 2008 13:10:50 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 15 May 2008 13:10:50 -0000 Received: from mail.o2.co.uk (sidious.london.02.net [82.132.130.152]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 615398059114 for ; Thu, 15 May 2008 15:10:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sc.homeunix.net (78.105.216.138) by mail.o2.co.uk (8.0.013.3) (authenticated as stephane.chazelas) id 480CEB80050B617F; Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:42 +0100 Received: from chazelas by sc.homeunix.net with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1JwdEI-00025V-8M; Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:42 +0100 Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:42 +0100 From: Stephane Chazelas To: Jaime Vargas Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: zpty woes Message-ID: <20080515131042.GA5190@sc.homeunix.net> Mail-Followup-To: Jaime Vargas , zsh-workers@sunsite.dk References: <34AE8142-F5DA-44FD-96BA-61BDE12BC74E@mac.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <34AE8142-F5DA-44FD-96BA-61BDE12BC74E@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-09-19) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/7128/Thu May 15 12:45:41 2008 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 08:02:04AM -0400, Jaime Vargas wrote: [...] > zpty -t scppty || echo "something went wrong" && exit [...] That would always exit unless echo returned with a non-zero exit status A || B && C must be read (A || B) && C So C is executed if either A or B succeeds. You should write it: A || { B C } or if ! A; then B C fi or die() {print -r -- $1 >&2; exit 1;} A || die "something wrong" -- Stéphane