Re: Ignoring trap command for a grep function

From: Alan Balmer (albalmer_at_att.net)
Date: 10/25/05

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    Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:24:26 -0700

    On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:41:10 GMT, gazelle@yin.interaccess.com (Kenny
    McCormack) wrote:

    >In article <Zc2dnZZqfpP6A0jfRVn-2A@comcast.com>,
    >Henry Townsend <henry.townsend@not.here> wrote:
    >>Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
    >>> On 2005-07-13, sharma.raghvendra@gmail.com wrote:
    >>>
    >>>>Hi,
    >>>>
    >>>>We have a trap statement for every non zero returning command/function.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> Don't.
    >>
    >>I don't make a habit of disagreeing with CFAJ but must make an exception
    >>in this case.
    >
    >Don't be afraid to disagree with CFAJ. His comments, though technically
    >correct, are rarely useful. It's just like in (the joke newsgroup known,
    >somewhat comically, as) comp.lang.c. The topic is defined so narrowly and
    >absurdly that the answers, though technically correct, are useless.
    <OT>
    Poor Kenny. The people in comp.lang.c aren't amenable to redefining
    the purpose of the newsgroup to suit him. One wonders why he continues
    to hang around there ;-)
    </OT>
    >
    >Note, especially, his ridiculous assertion that using "trap ERR" is wrong
    >because it isn't POSIX and thus, not guaranteed to be present in every
    >(POSIX) shell. But the OP was already using it (in a large script in an
    >existing environment, neither of which were going to change)! So, that
    >complaint is obviously bogus. 

    -- 
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