Once upon a time, John Reiser <jreiser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Warning: This is intrusive because reading the status code via "$?" resets it to zero: > $ false > $ echo $? > 1 > $ echo $? > 0 That is incorrect. The second reading of $? is the exit code of running "echo $?" (which succeeded). Just reading the variable does not reset it. $ false $ echo $? $? 1 1 -- Chris Adams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue