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Re: Invoking multiple commands that use $? for function return status
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Daniel Mills |
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Re: Invoking multiple commands that use $? for function return status |
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Wed, 1 Dec 2021 11:06:07 -0500 |
On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 8:56 AM fatiparty--- via <help-bash@gnu.org> wrote:
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> Is there any possibility that the wrong exit code is returned if the same
> function is called from a different terminal window. Are there any
> possibilities of failure, perhaps on a different scenario?
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No. $? cannot get an exit status from another shell process. It will only
be for whatever is called immediately before using it in the current shell
process.