Re: -e doesn't work in subshells

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-suse-linux
> 
> Bash Version: 2.04
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       "set -e" does not abort the entire script when used inside a
>       parenthesized subshell; it only aborts the subshell.

It's not supposed to.  POSIX.2 says that `set -e' causes the shell to exit
only if a simple command fails under certain circumstances (enumerated in
the bash man page).  A parenthesized subshell is not a simple command.

> Repeat-By:
>       trap 'echo Congratulations, your shell is not buggy' 0

You should have changed `buggy' to `POSIX conformant'.

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