Bash bug report: exit status of backquote expression

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From: gson
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1989 19:10

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Bash version: 1.04
Hardware: 386 clone running SCO Xenix/386, /bin/cc (Microsoft C compiler)
Also: Sony NWS-1510 running NEWS-OS, compiler unknown
Description: Bash treats nonzero exit status from commands within 
	     backquotes differently from the bourne shell.
Repeat-by:

$ bash -c 'FOO=`false`; echo $?'
0
$ sh -c 'FOO=`false`; echo $?'
1

-- 
Andreas Gustafsson
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Subject: Bash bug report: exit status of backquote expression
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