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On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 06:58:32AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> On 4/26/05, Dave Vandervies <dj3vande@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> > The system I'm sending this from has a /bin/true that comes close to
> > fitting that description. Not like the one on the other end of the SSH
> > connection. (Linus Torvalds's comment about version and copyright
> > notices comes to mind.)
>
> Which comment is that?
I'd imagine it refers to the GNU standard switch madness.
schwern@mungus:~$ /bin/true --version
true (GNU coreutils) 5.2.1
Written by Jim Meyering.
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
schwern@mungus:~$ /bin/true --help
Usage: /bin/true [ignored command line arguments]
or: /bin/true OPTION
Exit with a status code indicating success.
These option names may not be abbreviated.
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@xxx.xxx>.
schwern@mungus:~$
As opposed to BSD true which *gasp* doesn't accept any switches.
You can see this in the tchrist's zen-like implementation of true in PPT.
http://ppt.perl.org/commands/true/true.simple
As opposed to the "complete" implementation
http://ppt.perl.org/commands/true/true.fancy
There's stuff above here
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