arosen@hawk.ulowell.edu (MFHorn) (09/02/89)
An annoying behavior of csh (and sh) is non-interactive shells will terminate if a builtin command returns a non-zero status. Sh documents this, csh doesn't (at least in the SunOS 4.x manuals). Is there a way to make a shell script continue after a builtin command fails? I'd prefer a method for csh; I'd hate to have to rewrite 1,000 lines of scripts in a shell I'm less familiar with. Prevention by carefulness is not an acceptable method (unless it's the ONLY method). These scripts are being executed by 6 versions of unix on 14 different configurations. Andy Rosen, Systems Manager | arosen@swan.ulowell.edu | "I got this guitar U of Lowell, Computer Science | ulowell!arosen | and I learned how 1 University Ave. | (508) 934-3648 | to make it talk" Lowell, MA 01854 | | -Thunder Road