On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 01:23:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > End users can remove that '-e' flag if they believe it's problematic. > > rc.local is a simple shell script, open to all kinds of abuse > > including this one. > > > I assume the -e is a bash option?
Any POSIX-compliant shell knows about '-e', bash included. Your own rc.local has this shebang: #!/bin/sh -e > I just rescanned the man page without > find a reference other than a test for file -e=exists filename. dash(1) references it. bash(1) lists '-e' as an option to "set" command. > It is in the shebang line, so what does that do when its in that > position. Quoting bash(1): -e Exit immediately if a pipeline (which may consist of a single simple command), a list, or a compound command (see SHELL GRAMMAR above), exits with a non-zero status. Reco
