Assign the last Return Code to a variable (SOLVED)

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rjd324

Posted on: 2022/12/20 21:42 #1

Quite a regular


delete BLAH

get RC

You will get the RC of 5.


delete BLAH

set RET `get RC`

echo ${RET}

You will get the value 0. This is not desirable. I expected the value 5.

Edited by rjd324 on 2022/12/23 13:36:07

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broadblues

Re: Assign the last Return Code to a variable

Posted on: 2022/12/20 21:55 #2

Home away from home

Not at my amiga but try something more like

[code]
delete foo
set RET $RC
echo $RET

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Hypex

Re: Assign the last Return Code to a variable

Posted on: 2022/12/23 13:14 #3

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@rjd324

I agree with broadblues solution which is simpler. You've somehow managed to used a shell feature to complicate a simple operation. I've not seen this done before that way.

If I hazard a guess I think what is happening is the 'get RC' in the backticks is running in its own subshell so the RC gets lost.

Do you need to save the RC? That should be fine to do so. Otherwise you can use an 'If WARN/If NOW WARN' type construct.

rjd324

Re: Assign the last Return Code to a variable

Posted on: 2022/12/23 13:35 #4

Quite a regular

Broadblues suggestion works.

Not sure why I was doing it using Get anymore.

Thanks all.

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