[Libguestfs] The exit code makes user confused while using '-' prefixed subcommands

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:49:47AM -0400, Qixiang Wan wrote:
> guestfish returns 0 if the commands completed without error, or 1 if there was an error.
> But the rule break when we use '-' prefix subcommands:
> ------------------------------------
> $ guestfish <<\EOF
> > blabla
> > EOF
> blabla: unknown command
> $ echo $?
> 1
> $ guestfish <<\EOF
> -blabla
> EOF
> blabla: unknown command
> $ echo $?
> 0
> ------------------------------------
> 
> I think it should be more reasonable to make the behaviours keeping identical with the rule.

As I said on IRC, '-' means 'ignore the error', which (I think) means
that we shouldn't return an error status code either.

Rich.

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