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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-04-02 18:19:53 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2003-04-02 18:19:53 +0000 |
| commit | ba621e52e13be877a9bf67caebbc37b50cf96a2e (patch) | |
| tree | 5d0fdf68a0e06d958c13eb69130e3aba27e678fe /doc/coreutils.texi | |
| parent | 0cb78db3f7ac2316adb4a212fe423ed077e45896 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-ba621e52e13be877a9bf67caebbc37b50cf96a2e.tar.xz | |
(false invocation): Note that false exits
unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 9cecd2c48..eb5be5e17 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -8595,6 +8595,10 @@ This version of @command{false} is implemented as a C program, and is thus more secure and faster than a shell script implementation, and may safely be used as a dummy shell for the purpose of disabling accounts. +Note that @command{false} (unlike all other programs documented herein) +exits unsuccessfully, even when invoked with +@option{--help} or @option{--version}. + @node true invocation @section @command{true}: Do nothing, successfully |