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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-04-02 18:19:53 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2003-04-02 18:19:53 +0000
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(false invocation): Note that false exits
unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
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@@ -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