From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4514 invoked from network); 28 Jan 1997 17:25:24 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 28 Jan 1997 17:25:24 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA25920; Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:15:17 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 12:15:17 -0500 (EST) From: Zefram Message-Id: <25218.199701281713@stone.dcs.warwick.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Zsh reporting bad return status of commands To: olsenc@ichips.intel.com (Clint Olsen) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 17:13:19 +0000 (GMT) Cc: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu In-Reply-To: <19970128085622.NH31021@@> from "Clint Olsen" at Jan 28, 97 08:56:22 am X-Loop: zefram@dcs.warwick.ac.uk X-Stardate: [-31]8798.58 X-US-Congress: Moronic fuckers Content-Type: text Resent-Message-ID: <"pVnCg1.0.uK6.aGZxo"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/2832 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Clint Olsen wrote: >Interesting. Then it must be broken on SunOS since it is also set there >but it doesn't print out the bad exit status. ... >pdxgp1 ~# ls /foo >/foo not found No, it's just that the native ls on SunOS (and Solaris) returns an exit code of 0 under these circumstances. A bug in ls? It wouldn't be the first one. -zefram