Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 10:25:49 +0200

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H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > Actually it is: true and false are supposed to IGNORE their command
> > > lines. I consider "true --help" and "true --version" to be BUGS.
> >
> > Hmmm.... Why tru and false should ignore their coomand lines ? If you want
> > something to be ignored then why to supply it's at all ?
>
> Because they can be used to substitute out commands.

On all systems I've encountered, `:' is a perfectly good command for not
doing anything. Is it too new to be portable?

-- Jamie

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