On Mon, 2009-03-09 at 15:39 -0700, Donnie Berkholz wrote:

> > * Utility commands, even the ones that aren't functions, should die. To
> >   get a non-die version, prefix the command with nonfatal (e.g.
> >   'nonfatal dodoc README', which just returns non-zero on failure
> >   rather than splatting).
> 
> Sounds useful to have less '|| die' all over the place.

Whats wrong with 'set -e' and doing '|| true' behind?
IMO this would feel more shell-ish.

/haubi/
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Michael Haubenwallner
Gentoo on a different level