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02-12-2004

topcat8

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exit status of command in a pipe line

Hi,

I am trying to test the exit status of the cleartool lsvtree statement below, but it doesn't seem to be working due to the tail pipe, which it is testing instead. Is there a way around this without adding a tonne of new code?

Code:

   cleartool lsvtree $testlocation/$exe_name | tail -15
   #exit out if not file not in dir
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
          echo "Error: File not in test or application area"
          exit 1
   fi

Thanks
Cath

added code tags for readability --oombera

Last edited by oombera; 02-18-2004 at 12:29 PM..

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