>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Angus> Which is "better"? (cd ${DIRNAME}; ${FDESIGN} -convert Angus> ${FDFILE}) or (cd ${DIRNAME} && ${FDESIGN} -convert ${FDFILE}) Angus> if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "\"${FDESIGN} -convert ${FDFILE}\" Angus> failed. Please investigate." exit 1 fi Anyway, the $? -ne 0 is not very nice. See for exemple: http://www.sektorn.mooo.com/era/unix/award.html#test JMarc