Re: [gnome-love] autogen.sh clarification

[Hashem Nasarat <hnasarat gmail com>]

Also, it's not just a comment. The first line when it has a #! tells the
system which program to load the script with.

http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/dict/terms/interpreter_directive

On 09/10/2013 04:09 PM, Hashem Nasarat wrote:
> man sh on debian unstable reports:
>
> > -e errexit If not interactive, exit immediately if any untested
> > command fails. The exit status of a command is considered to be
> > explicitly tested if the command is used to control an if, elif,
> > while, or until; or if the command is the left hand operand of an “&&”
> > or “||” operator.
> On 09/10/2013 03:58 PM, fr33domlover wrote:
> > Hello people,
> >
> > I don't know much about Bash scripting, but recently I started a new git
> > repo and I decided to do some research before that. I want to prepare a
> > project template, which can be used to easily start new repos (it will
> > contain all the files required by GNU, script to auto-generate ChangeLog
> > and Doxygen/Devhelp files, etc.).
> >
> > I started writing a simple autogen.sh and then I noticed a comment at
> > the beginning. In some git modules the comment looks like this:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > And in others like this:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh -e
> >
> > I tried to find out what the -e option does. I tried sh --help. I tried
> > man sh. I tried a web search. But I found nothing, as if the option
> > doesn't exist at all.
> >
> >
> >
> > So my question is simple? What is the difference between sh and sh -e?
> >
> > I realize it's just a comment, but if the -e option makes a difference
> > (I guess it does, otherwise it wouldn't be there in the first place),
> > I'd like to know what.
> >
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> > fr33domlover
> >
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