> dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 11:46:17AM -0600, Kent Schumacher wrote: > > > I typically string 3 or four servers coupled by &&'s in case one of > > > the servers is down. For example... > > > > > > ntpdate time.nist.gov && ntpdate for.a.good.time.call.gov && ntpdate time.enough.org > > > Aren't error codes returned as numbers other than 0 and a regular exit a 0? If that's the case, and 0 is treated as false, then you *do* want to use && for this. Thanks, Dave