On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 10:57:00AM +0000, Angus Leeming wrote:
> Which is "better"?
> (cd ${DIRNAME}; ${FDESIGN} -convert ${FDFILE})
> or
> (cd ${DIRNAME} && ${FDESIGN} -convert ${FDFILE})
>
> if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
> echo "\"${FDESIGN} -convert ${FDFILE}\" failed. Please investigate."
> exit 1
> fi
>
> I'm not used to the "&&" stuff. can someone explain to me just what it does?
The same as in C/C++: Run the first command, if that succeeded the second,
if that succeeded return success and failure otherwise.
> Ie, does it interrogate return values? If the first command fails, does it
> execute the second?
No.
Andre'
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