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Re: pipefail with SIGPIPE/EPIPE
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: pipefail with SIGPIPE/EPIPE |
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Sun, 15 Feb 2015 16:48:10 -0500 |
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On 2/13/15 12:19 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I was expecting bash to handle SIGPIPE specially here,
> as in this context it's informational rather than an indication of error.
I don't agree. It's a fatal signal whose default disposition is to
terminate a process, which is exactly what happens in your example.
You might consider trapping or ignoring SIGPIPE in situations where it
might be an issue.
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