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Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value

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From:
Ilya Zakharevich
Date:
February 7, 2000 13:16
Subject:
Re: [ID 20000207.003] close for piped open sets $! to the wrong value
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200002072115.QAA06923@monk.mps.ohio-state.edu
mjd@plover.com writes:
> Since /bin/false exited with non-zero status, $! should be set to 0.
> However, it is instead set to the empty string.

Do you remember that $! is double-headed?  It has both numeric and
string values...

Ilya
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