Quoting Andrew McGlashan ([email protected]):

> Also see the 1st example in http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105
> ("Why doesn't set -e (or set -o errexit, or trap ERR) do what I
> expected?"), which mentions this pitfall.

This is yet another subtle shell pitfall, and I heartily recommend
pre-emptively reading the Bash FAQ to learn from other people's errors.  ;->  

(It's slightly cringe-worthy that Debian's /etc/cron.weekly/sysklogd
logfile rotation script has 'set -e' right up near the top, right under
some wiser 'set -x' lines to verify that needed utilities exist and are
executable.  Fortunately, it doesn't attempt anything complex.)

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