GNU bug report logs - #32751
split does not break on error from tar

Previous Next

Full log

Message #11 received at 32751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alexander Fieroch <alexander.fieroch <at> mpi-dortmund.mpg.de>
To: "Rainer M. Canavan" <coreutils <at> canavan.de>
Cc: 32751 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32751: split does not break on error from tar
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:59:32 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

> As far as I can tell, this is not a bug, but the way pipelines work,
> i.e. the  result of a pipeline (here the combination of tar and
> split) is the result of the last command in the pipeline. If you
> want the combination to fail if tar fails, you can use e.g.
> set -o pipefail in bash or read PIPESTATUS. For other shells,
> see e.g. http://cfajohnson.com/shell/cus-faq-2.html#Q11
> 
> 
> Rainer

Thanks Rainer, that is a very good hint and is working for me!
But why is this not a bug? In what case is it useful to ignore a 
non-zero exit code in a pipeline?

Thanks!

Best regards,
Alexander

[smime.p7s (application/pkcs7-signature, attachment)]

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.