[Logcheck-devel] Re: [Logcheck-commits] CVS logcheck/src

[maks attems]

On Wed, 19 May 2004, Todd Troxell wrote:

> enabled!

cool :)
 
> The problem is, we get the same exit status when grep either:
> 	-cannot append to the file
> 	-does not find any matches
> 
> (It's 1 both times)  The problem is that the error is not a grep error and
> comes from the shell (>>), so grep doesn't know.

you are right, just tested:
baikonur:~ egrep TODO secret/whativedone >> /tmp/blaa
grep: write error: No space left on device
baikonur:~ echo $?
1

 
> I know of ways to do this, but they are not pretty :\

seems so :(

a++ maks

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