[Coco] Nitors9 Shell+ scripting
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun Aug 5 09:05:14 EDT 2007
On Sunday 05 August 2007, Paul Fitch wrote:
>I'm looking for a primer on shell+ scripting.
>
>In my startup file there is the following code:
>-x
>chd /dd
>x
>
>My shell+ help doesn't mention the "x" at all. What does it do?
I believe, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, that the -x turns off
the shells error exit so the script, which the startup file is, does not exit
if the command fails, in this case the "chd /dd". Conversely, the single x
turns it back on.
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