Bug: bash -e misbehaves with several nested

[Marco Atzeri]

On 25/05/2017 11:57, Pavel Fedin wrote:
>  Hello!
>
>>>  Hello! I'd like to report a strange bug in 64-bit bash. The following script:
>>>
>>> ---- cut ---
>>> #/bin/bash -e
>>>
>>> DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
>>> echo Works: $DIR
>>> ---- cut ---
>>>
>>> Simply exits and produces no output (never reaches echo). The same script works perfectly
>> on 32 bits. Versions are the same:
>>>
>>> --- cut ---
>>
>> It works fine for me.
>>
>> $ ./prova.bash
>> Works: /tmp
>
>  Huh, works here too, indeed. But there's one little thing. If you just copypasted this from my email, then you probably miss "#!"
> (there's just "#", since i retyped the header, and made a typo). And with this typo it really works for some reason. Could you make
> sure once again ?
>  Apparently it has to do with -e switch.



$ ./prova_bash
Works: /cygdrive/e/cygwin/tmp

$ cat prova_bash
#!/bin/bash -e

DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
echo Works: $DIR



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