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Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 19:46:38 +0100
From: Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@ntlworld.com>
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Subject: Re: PRINT_EXIT_VALUE option in scripts
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On Tue, 14 May 2013 16:15:45 +0200
Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
> The PRINT_EXIT_VALUE option doesn't work in scripts or when a file
> is sourced:

Looking at the code it's not entirely clear to me what the determing
factor is, but the following weasel words ought to do it.

diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
index ce24a22..60892dd 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/options.yo
@@ -1240,6 +1240,7 @@ pindex(NOPRINTEXITVALUE)
 cindex(exit status, printing)
 item(tt(PRINT_EXIT_VALUE) (tt(-1)))(
 Print the exit value of programs with non-zero exit status.
+This is only available at the command line in interactive shells.
 )
 pindex(RC_QUOTES)
 pindex(NO_RC_QUOTES)

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