unable to exit from a shell script

#1 (**permalink**) 05-29-2008

Hi All,

I am unable to exit from a shell script using the below code:

Code:


#!/bin/ksh
passchk()
(
if [ 0 = "$finalresult" ];then
    echo "Password validated"
else
    echo "Wrong password Quiting the application..."
    exit 0#not working
fi
)
passchk

(Note:"finalresult" passed to the passchk function)
How can I rectify this?

era · #2 (**permalink**) 05-29-2008

Unless ksh has some unusual syntax I haven't seen before, the delimiters around the function body should be curly braces, not round ones. With round parentheses, you are running (and "successfully" exiting) a subshell, leaving the shell which runs the current script unaffected.

#3 (**permalink**) 05-30-2008

Thanks era.
It worked.

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