| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. |
| 3 | .\" |
| 4 | .\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by |
| 5 | .\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% |
| 8 | .\" |
| 9 | .\" @(#)false.1 6.5 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 10 | .Vx |
| 11 | .Dd |
| 12 | .Dt FALSE 1 |
| 13 | .Os BSD 4.2 |
| 14 | .Sh NAME |
| 15 | .Nm false |
| 16 | .Nd return false value |
| 17 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| 18 | .Nm false |
| 19 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 20 | .Nm false |
| 21 | is usually used in a Bourne shell script. |
| 22 | It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running |
| 23 | (or failing to run) a list of commands. |
| 24 | .Pp |
| 25 | The |
| 26 | .Nm false |
| 27 | utility always exits with a value other than zero. |
| 28 | .Sh SEE ALSO |
| 29 | .Xr csh 1 , |
| 30 | .Xr sh 1 , |
| 31 | .Xr true 1 |
| 32 | .Sh STANDARDS |
| 33 | The |
| 34 | .Nm false |
| 35 | function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible. |