Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:13:45 -0500 (EST)

>> Check out /bin/false sometime. It is almost 100% bloat.
>
> Enclosed are both /bin/false and /bin/true from the system I'm running
> on (RedHat 5.0 with kernel 2.2.4 - not my system though), and neither
> appears to be much in the way of bloat to me...
>
> ===8<=== /bin/false ===>8===
> #!/bin/sh
> exit 1
> ===8<=== CUT ===>8===
>
> ===8<=== /bin/true ===>8===
> #!/bin/sh
> exit 0
> ===8<=== CUT ===>8===
>
> Where's the bloat?

Odd... I'm running Red Hat 5.0 too. Here is GNU false:

#!/bin/sh

usage="Usage: $0 [OPTION]...
Exit unsucessfully.

--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit

Report bugs to sh-utils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu"

case $# in
1 )
case "z${1}" in
z--help )
echo "$usage"; exit 0 ;;
z--version )
echo "false (GNU sh-utils) 1.16"; exit 0 ;;
* ) ;;
esac
;;
* ) ;;
esac

exit 1

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