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On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Steven Smolinski wrote:
> It's probably just a trough in the karmic pool to balance this peak:
>=20
> $ /bin/true --version
> true (GNU coreutils) 5.2.1
> Written by Jim Meyering.
>=20
> Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is N=
O
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOS=
E.
> $
=20
Heh. Shame I don't have that here...
$ man true
TRUE(1) BSD General Commands Manual TRUE(1=
)
NAME
true -- Return true value.
SYNOPSIS
true
DESCRIPTION
The true utility always returns with exit code zero.
SEE ALSO
csh(1), sh(1), false(1)
STANDARDS
The true utility conforms to IEEE Std 1003.2-1992 (``POSIX.2'').
BSD June 27, 1991 BS=
D
I find it delightful that there's a IEEE standard for truth.
But how do you know if you can trust it?
Maybe there's a IEEE standard for standards bootstrapping paradoxes.
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Chris Devers
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