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Re: reboot stuff doesn't start



On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 01:23:45PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > End users can remove that '-e' flag if they believe it's problematic.
> > rc.local is a simple shell script, open to all kinds of abuse
> > including this one.
> >
> I assume the -e is a bash option?

Any POSIX-compliant shell knows about '-e', bash included.
Your own rc.local has this shebang: #!/bin/sh -e

> I just rescanned the man page without 
> find a reference other than a test for file -e=exists filename.

dash(1) references it. bash(1) lists '-e' as an option to "set" command.

> It is in the shebang line, so what does that do when its in that 
> position. 

Quoting bash(1):

  -e  Exit  immediately if a pipeline (which may consist of a single
simple command), a list, or a compound command (see SHELL GRAMMAR
above), exits with a non-zero status.

Reco


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