On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 10:26:44AM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 07:02:56AM -0700, Luis Chamberlain wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 08:29:42PM +0800, Eryu Guan wrote: > > > > > > Use "$max_tries -ne 0" to check inters seems better. > > > > max_tries can be "forever", in which case this is -eq 0: > > > > $ foo="forever"; if [[ $foo -eq 0 ]]; then echo buggy; else echo ok; fi > > buggy > > I see, that makes sense. Then perhaps some comments would help. I had sent out a v3 before seeing this request. I'll send a v4 with a comment clarifying this. Luis