From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Nov 18 21:40: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E04F37B416 for ; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 21:40:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id fAJ5e3269173; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 21:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 21:40:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111190540.fAJ5e3269173@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Subject: Re: docs/32082: true.1 totally incorrect Reply-To: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/32082; it has been noted by GNATS. From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Ceri Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/32082: true.1 totally incorrect Date: 18 Nov 2001 21:34:29 -0800 Ceri writes: > >Description: > true.1 states that the appropriate return status from true is "false". > Which is clearly not the case. But it doesn't say that. It says it returns zero, which is correct. > ! It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running > (or failing to run) a list of commands. The "It" here is confusingly referring to a Bourne shell script that it confusingly brings into the description. The whole first paragraphs, or at least the second sentences, of both true(1) and false(1) should be trashed, based on my quick look at it. Maybe moved to another section, or at least put after the real decription ("This command does nothing but return an exit status of X"). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message