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author | axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2006-06-04 09:15:17 +1000 |
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committer | axel <axel@liljencrantz.se> | 2006-06-04 09:15:17 +1000 |
commit | 6fd69bdda8b4d185fb636047ab8914989fc66252 (patch) | |
tree | 50883b516a46dec263490a0b20fb6319689e4956 /doc_src/or.txt | |
parent | a85f4cc1c48052487b2c258cb01748597be927a5 (diff) |
Many minor edits and clarifications to the documentation, including comments about the exit status of a few commands
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diff --git a/doc_src/or.txt b/doc_src/or.txt index d84e8286..8ac3c3a2 100644 --- a/doc_src/or.txt +++ b/doc_src/or.txt @@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ The \c or builtin is used to execute a command if the current exit status (as set by the last previous command) is non-zero +The or command does not change the current exit status. + \subsection or-example Example -The following code runs the \c make command to build a program, or if it fails, it runs <tt>make clean</tt>, which removes the files created by the build process +The following code runs the \c make command to build a program, if the +build succceds, the program is installed. If either step fails, +<tt>make clean</tt> is run, which removes the files created by the +build process + <pre> -make; or make clean +make; and make install; or make clean </pre> |