sh(1): Replace recommendation of use of -e with a note

This partially reverts b14cfdf665 and has
been discussed in D42719.

Reviewed by:	jrm (mentor), otis (mentor), mandree, ziaee (manpages)
MFC after:	1 week
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D45073

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Michael Osipov

2024-05-03 09:57:06 +02:00

parent 457c03b397

commit 7bd8da72c5

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				@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@

				.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF

				.\" SUCH DAMAGE.

				.\"

				.Dd February 27, 2025

				.Dd March 8, 2025

				.Dt SH 1

				.Os

				.Sh NAME

				@@ -238,11 +238,9 @@ If a shell function is executed and its exit status is explicitly

				tested, all commands of the function are considered to be tested as

				well.

				.Pp

				It is recommended to check for failures explicitly

				instead of relying on

				.Fl e

				because it tends to behave in unexpected ways,

				particularly in larger scripts.

				Note that many commands return non-zero values to convey information other

				than errors, which can cause unexpected program termination with

				.Fl e .

				.It Fl f Li noglob

				Disable pathname expansion.

				.It Fl h Li trackall