Hi!

I'd like to temporarily disable effect of set -e before invoking some commands whose exit status can be ignored.

The "e" flag can be off so the code below may improperly turn "e" on:

set +x
... call function here ...
set -x

In Bash surrounding the command with parenthesis does work.

How can I do it in ksh with a special character?

Thanks
u.

er, the clue is in your code...


set +e
#disabled
set -e

or

set +o errexit
set -o errexit

or
catch the error in an if or ||

like:
set -e
cat flap || echo oops # now it will not exit


or a blank label
raise_error || :

the error code is only observed when it is the last part of a pipeline