Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:37:41 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: sleep(1) behavior Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211121633330.37340-100000@root.org>
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I've found an interesting contradiction and was wondering what behavior sleep should have. It checks for a command line flag with getopt(3) and exits with usage() if it finds one. However, it then checks for a '-' or '+' sign. If negative, it behaves like "sleep 0" and exits immediately. This case can almost never be triggered since the getopt(3) will catch the minus sign, even if a digit follows it. Current behavior: sleep 0 = exits immediately sleep -1 = exits with usage() sleep -f = exits with usage() sleep " -1" = exits immediately and is the only way I know to trigger the negative case. What is the standard, desired behavior? -Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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