From 98001789f4b3d64223a76091fb72c7c826543fe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:56:23 +0000
Subject: sh(1): Discourage use of -e.

Also, do not say that ! before a pipeline is an operator, because it is
syntactically a keyword.
---
 bin/sh/sh.1 | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'bin/sh')

diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1
index 22e6ba6..dc1716c 100644
--- a/bin/sh/sh.1
+++ b/bin/sh/sh.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 .\"	from: @(#)sh.1	8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd November 1, 2013
+.Dd January 3, 2014
 .Dt SH 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -235,10 +235,16 @@ or
 .Dq Li ||
 operator; or if the command is a pipeline preceded by the
 .Ic !\&
-operator.
+keyword.
 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.
 .It Fl f Li noglob
 Disable pathname expansion.
 .It Fl h Li trackall
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