set -- `echo $foo; exit 1` doesn't return the exit code 1

[Roland Roeder]

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Description:
 Hi there,

  The following line of code

  set -- `echo $foo; exit 1`

  doesn't return the exit code 1. I don't know, whether this is defined in any
  standard. But I've checked this in different shells (HPUX/SUN/MKS). They
  all return the desired exit code. We rely on this since we have lots of
  tools in use which uses getopt:

  set -- `getopt b:vf $*`
  if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
    echo "Usage: ....."
    exit 2
  fi

  We have written an emulation for getopt which sets the exit code properly and
  want to check the exit code to see whether a correct argument line was passed 
to
  a script.

  We know, that changing the scripts to use getopts instead of getopt would
  solve the problem. But this would mean a tremendous effort for us.

Repeat-By:
  set -- `echo $foo; exit 1`
  echo $?

Regrads,
  Roland
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Roland Roeder                       E-mail: roland_roeder@cocreate.com
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