BSD 4_4 development
[unix-history] / usr / share / man / cat1 / false.0
CommitLineData
98473598
C
1FALSE(1) BSD Reference Manual FALSE(1)
2
3N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
4 f\bfa\bal\bls\bse\be - return false value
5
6S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
7 f\bfa\bal\bls\bse\be
8
9D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
10 F\bFa\bal\bls\bse\be is usually used in a Bourne shell script. It tests for the appro-
11 priate status "false" before running (or failing to run) a list of com-
12 mands.
13
14 The f\bfa\bal\bls\bse\be utility always exits with a value other than zero.
15
16S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
17 csh(1), sh(1), true(1)
18
19S\bST\bTA\bAN\bND\bDA\bAR\bRD\bDS\bS
20 The f\bfa\bal\bls\bse\be utility is expected to be IEEE Std1003.2 (``POSIX'') compati-
21 ble.
22
234.2 Berkeley Distribution June 6, 1993 1