On 11/08/16 00:13, richard lucassen wrote:

> ...
>> diff -rc clean/usr/lib/vdev/udev-compat.sh
>>       echo "event-put $_DEVICE_ID" >> /tmp/udev-compat.log
>>       echo "" >> /tmp/udev-compat.log

>>

>> -    _RC=$?

>
> What are the consequences of moving this _RC?
>

>> +    _RC=$?
>>       echo "event-put $_DEVICE_ID" >> /tmp/udev-compat.log
>>       echo "" >> /tmp/udev-compat.log

Since '$?' is 'the result code of last command", it's IMO best placed
immediately after the command whose result code to capture. Here,
previously, it captured the result of the (failed, as it were) attempt
to echo to the log file, rather than the result of event-put.

Ralph.