[plug] return values

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Carl Gherardi wrote:

> Not really for a script, but handy from the command line:
> 
> make && make install && make clean
> 
> && will only execute if the return code is 0 (success)

Use it in a script like:

[ -d /tmp/Carl ] && /bin/rm -rf /tmp/Carl

Or the locigal flip is:

[ -d /tmp/Carl ] || mkdir  /tmp/Carl

Yours Tony

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