On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> wrote: > Since the `source' command is called in a context where all commands within > it should have the `errexit' flag disabled, bash chooses to satisfy this > requirement by turning off the flag that (internally) represents errexit. > Under most circumstances, however, that state is externally visible as the > value of the -e option. > > Note that the behavior of suppressing the effect of the errexit option is > correct. The value of the -e option in $- should be unaffected, though.
Ah, now I start to understand how this is supposed to work. I also realized that it is not possible within the function to turn on the flag again with another internal set -e. Is that also part of the design, meaning there is no way to have an effective set -e within a function in case it was called in that context? Robert
