Re: ERR trap, pipeline, and errtrace

[Boris Kolpackov]

Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> writes:

> Yes, it's expected.

Thanks for confirming.


> The language is fine; it describes the default behavior of the ERR trap. In
> the trap command description, the "any command in a pipeline" refers to the
> function call, and indeed, the trap does not get run even though the exit
> from the trap handler causes the pipeline element to return a non-zero
> status.

I see what you are saying though that last bit is not quite true if
pipefail is set. But I think I agree it doesn't make sense to cross-
mention these nuances in multiple places.