Re: About the "return" build-in function in ksh

bsh_at_iname.com
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: 12 Jul 2004 18:13:51 -0700

"0la 0." <mail_less@127.0.0.1> wrote in message news:<zEYFc.4257$dx3.33599@newsb.telia.net>...
> mrby wrote:
> > From the man page:
> > "return [status]
> > ...

Mind that the behavior of the return builtin is extended in ksh93:

"return [n] :
Causes a shell function or '. script' to return to the invoking
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
script with the exit status specified by n. The value will be
the least significant 8 bits of the specified status. If n is
omitted, then the return status is that of the last command
executed. If return is invoked while not in a function or a
'. script', then it behaves the same as exit."

This is done as a consequence of allowing functions to be called
as arguments to ".", with identical behavior and invocation syntax,
as if a file-name were supplied instead.

=Brian

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