Re: using `set -e' in a subshell

[Felipe Kellermann]

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 7:43pm  +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Is the following behavior intended?

Hi Jim,
Yes. I've seen Chet replying to this subject sometimes here.
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2001-02/msg00497.html>


>   # Solaris 5.9's /bin/sh
>   $ echo a; (set -e; false; echo foo) && echo b
>   a

I've just tried using AT&T's ksh93:
$ ksh --version
  version         sh (AT&T Labs Research) 1993-12-28 q
$ echo a; (set -e; false; echo foo) && echo b
a
foo
b

Would not be the case of reporting this to Sun? I'm not aware of any other 
shell that is interpreting that construction the same way Solaris sh does.

-- 
Felipe Kellermann