Re: [linux-lvm] Simple scripts for use in automated backups?

["Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart bmsi com>]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:

> *Usually*, a command exits with code 0 if it finishes with a success.
> 
> In bash, you can check the exit code with $? variable.
> 
> So:
> 
> 
> lvmcommand --option1 --option2
> 
> if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
>     do_this
> else
>     do_that
> fi

Even easier, the shell considers exit code 0 as "true", so the above is simply:

if lvmcommand --option1 --option2; then
    do_this
else
    do_that
fi

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