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Re: rsync --delete



On Mon, 2020-10-19 at 20:04 -0700, David Christensen wrote:
[...]
> $ IFS=: && for p in $PATH; do egrep -r 'set (-e|-o errexit)' $p; done
[...]
> /usr/bin/p7zip:#    - remove `"$?" != 0 ' checks that do not work with 
> `set -e'

:-)

I see in the Bash FAQ [1] there is an alternative opinion on the matter
expressed...

"rking's personal recommendation is to go ahead and use set -e, but
beware of possible gotchas. It has useful semantics, so to exclude it
from the toolbox is to give into FUD."

[1] https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105

-- 
Tixy


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