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authorjtc <jtc@NetBSD.org>1993-08-28 03:45:02 +0000
committerjtc <jtc@NetBSD.org>1993-08-28 03:45:02 +0000
commit62fde1efe80261f86cddad64be23dfd4cbfce666 (patch)
treeea635de6435d73f01d18662e62eb3f542005e775 /usr.bin/false
parent80d3a747c736bb79151a259dec7934da93e44df4 (diff)
Document that true and false are POSIX.2 compliant.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/false')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/false/false.114
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/false/false.1 b/usr.bin/false/false.1
index 34387823adf..affcdf97c15 100644
--- a/usr.bin/false/false.1
+++ b/usr.bin/false/false.1
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)false.1 6.6 (Berkeley) 7/24/91
-.\" $Id: false.1,v 1.2 1993/08/01 07:33:00 mycroft Exp $
+.\" $Id: false.1,v 1.3 1993/08/28 03:45:02 jtc Exp $
.\"
.Dd July 24, 1991
.Dt FALSE 1
@@ -44,14 +44,9 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm false
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Nm False
-is usually used in a Bourne shell script.
-It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running
-(or failing to run) a list of commands.
-.Pp
The
.Nm false
-utility always exits with a value other than zero.
+utility always exits with a nonzero exit code.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr csh 1 ,
.Xr sh 1 ,
@@ -59,6 +54,5 @@ utility always exits with a value other than zero.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm false
-utility is expected to be
-.St -p1003.2
-compatible.
+utility conforms to
+.St -p1003.2-92 .