On Wednesday 07 January 2004 05:39 pm, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 18:36, Eric F Crist wrote: > > Just wondering what the difference is between ; and &&? > > > > I use make depend; make; make install and others say they use: > > This notation will run each command, one after the other, regardless of > the exit status of the previous command. > > > make depend && make && make install > > This notation will only run the subsequent command if the previous > command exited cleanly without error. This is a much safer syntax. > > Joe
Thanks for the clarification! After 5 years, I will finally change my incorrect ways. I've learned something new today, I guess that means I can go home! -- Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
