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Re: inconsistent $? after &
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: inconsistent $? after & |
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Fri, 13 Dec 2013 23:04:55 -0500 |
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On 12/12/13, 7:00 PM, Martin Kealey wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 25
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> The value of $? after starting a backgrounded command is
> inconsistent:
> $? is unchanged after starting a sufficiently complex command, but
> after starting a simpler command it is set to 0.
Thanks for the report. The exit status of any asynchronous command is 0.
I will fix this for bash-4.3-release.
Chet
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