devguydavid/trap_example.sh

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My example of trap from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2129923/bash-run-command-before-a-script-exits

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trap_example.sh

	#!/bin/bash
	set -e
	function cleanup {
	echo "Removing /tmp/foo"
	rm -r /tmp/foo
	}
	trap cleanup EXIT
	mkdir /tmp/foo
	asdffdsa #Fails

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devguydavid commented Jan 25, 2013

Output:

dbrown@luxury:~ $ sh trap_example.sh
t: line 9: asdffdsa: command not found
Removing /tmp/foo
dbrown@luxury:~ $

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