Re: PRINT_EXIT_VALUE problems

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2011-12-28 11:26:01 -0500, Nathan Dorfman wrote:
> Unrelated to the apparent bug you've described, I've been using a
> different mechanism to achieve the effect that (I think) you want. $?
> does the right thing:
> 
> % false || true ; echo $?
> 0
> % false && true ; echo $?
> 1
> 
> You can use the %? sequence in your prompt to see the exit value;

I already do this. But PRINT_EXIT_VALUE provides more information.

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