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in reply to Is "die" the best way to be atomic?

Hi,

You also could rely on the calling shell to do it for you.

$rc=system(<<EOF);
set -e
ls
this_command_does_not_exist
EOF
die if $rc;

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But this solution fits more in the ShellMonks :-)

PS: I don't know why, but $? is not set!!


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