Re: -e does not work with subscript

[Linda Walsh]

Stepan Koltsov wrote:
> BTW, my use case for "(false)" is:
>
> ===
> set -e
> ( cd some-dir && make )
> ( cd other-dir && ./build.sh )
> ( cd third-dir && ant )
> ===
>
> Most readers (and writers) expect script to fail if "make" failed. So
> I think that outer bash should exit with error on "(false)" :-)
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        I wouldn't, since you are placing the ops in a subshell --
only the subshell has the "error", but the top level shell wouldn't
have an error just because a subshell exited.  If you want the
shell to exit, use braces:

{ cd some-dir &* make ; }   
#   braces don't parse as end-of-line delimiters
#   like parens do, so the semicolon is needed after make