Bug 107353

Summary:	pacmd always returns 0 code
Product:	PulseAudio	Reporter:	wolf+freedesktop
Component:	tools	Assignee:	pulseaudio-bugs
Status:	RESOLVED MOVED	QA Contact:	pulseaudio-bugs
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium	CC:	lennart, wolf+freedesktop
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description wolf+freedesktop 2018-07-23 21:44:02 UTC

pacmd always returns zero exit status, even when the command fails. Compare

	:( $ pacmd set-default-sink foobar ; echo $?
	Sink foobar does not exist.
	0

and

	[ wolf@ws ] :: ~
	Load: 0.38 0.24 0.15 , Memory: 6.01 %, Disk: 69.78 %
	   $ mount foobar ; echo $?
	mount: foobar: No such file or directory
	1

Returning 1 on exit would make using pacmd much easier in scripts.

Comment 1 GitLab Migration User 2018-07-30 09:34:34 UTC

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