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Old 10-08-2008
Test if execution was successful

Hi
How can I test inside a shel script whether the last action was successful or not.

I have the following line which is executing inside a script

. ./runProcess.sh $i $var_num>> error.txt 2>&1

This is occuring in a loop. How can i test whether it was succes for last var_num or not. How can I check that?
# 2  
Old 10-08-2008
If runProcess is competently written, it will set its exit code to non-zero if it fails.

Code:
if ./runProcess.sh whatever; then
  : success, do nothing
else
  echo "eek, failed with exit code $?" >&2
  blink
  wave hands --left --right
  blink
fi


Last edited by era; 10-08-2008 at 09:15 AM.. Reason: Add sample code
# 3  
Old 10-08-2008
Be careful with the application that masks the return code with the success status of the shell from which its executing.

For example : If ftp's connection to a ftp server is not successful it will still return 0 to $? due to the reason ftp command completed successfully
 
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