bug#22171: 'gzip -d' on single file fails silently ...

[Paul Eggert]

Patrick Boake wrote:
> ... when called in script.
>
> No failures on command line or when decompressing multiple files (in script
> or on command line).
>
> The line in question is part of a function called in a for loop;
>
> gzip -d $SHCFILE 2>> $GZIPERROR
>
>
> Files get moved in next line of script.
>
>     - output varies
>     - still compressed file (*.gz)
>        - compressed file + decompressed file
>        - decompressed file

I'm sorry, but I don't understand this bug report. I don't know what your script 
is doing, or what the failure symptoms are. Can you please give a complete, 
self-contained shell script that illustrates the bug?