Re: [address@hidden: Re: next-error vs. bash]

[Chet Ramey]

> The characters " line " in the error message make it nonstandard.
> We can easily fix Emacs to recognize that format, but shouldn't
> Bash follow the GNU standard for error messages?
> (See standards.text.)
> 
> Please respond.

The option `gnu_errfmt' enables that style of error message display.
That option was added specifically to address this complaint.

caleb.INS.CWRU.Edu(1)$ ./bash ./x6
./x6: line 3: unset: unbound variable
caleb.INS.CWRU.Edu(1)$ ./bash -O gnu_errfmt ./x6
./x6:3: unset: unbound variable
caleb.INS.CWRU.Edu(1)$ cat x6
set -u

echo $unset

Chet

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