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Re: Shell script error checking
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Barry Lake <[log in to unmask]>
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Barry Lake <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 3 Apr 2000 09:31:32 -0800
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At 1:05 PM -0400 4/3/00, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>I am sorry to ask such a basic question, but I don't remember how to check
>in a script if a previous command ended correctly.  What do I check to find
>out if something worked?
>
>Thanks in advance for answering a basic question,
>David


Check the built-in shell variable "$?". That should give you the exit value
of the last executed command.


Barry Lake                                 [log in to unmask]
Allegro Consultants, Inc.                  www.allegro.com
(408)252-2330

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