is error_exit a valid command?

Hi guys,

I wrote the following code:

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#!/bin/sh

echo this is simply to demonstrate the use of error_exit
error_exit i am exiting..
echo this won't be displayed

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I execute this and get the following:

Code:

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this is simply to demonstrate the use of error_exit
./errorHandle.sh: line 4: error_exit: command not found
this won't be displayed

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I am sure error_exit is a valid command. isn't it?

Not that I've heard of. "exit -1" might do what you want.

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Mats

Ya thats right, even i had been playing around with some shell script to configure my startup applications on bootup. Well it should either exit 0 or exit 1.

Since you wanted to exit with an error use "exit 1"

SSHarish

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Originally Posted by jas_atwal

I am sure error_exit is a valid command. isn't it?

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It is not. But you could create one easily.

Code:

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error_exit()
{
    exit 1
}

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