``or`` does not change the current exit status itself, but the command it runs most likely will. The exit status of the last foreground command to exit can always be accessed using the <a href="index.html#variables-status">$status</a> variable.
The following code runs the ``make`` command to build a program. If the build succeeds, the program is installed. If either step fails, ``make clean`` is run, which removes the files created by the build process.