Re: /bin/true (was Re: Fixing The Obvious)

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1 total messages Started by m... Mark Brader Sun, 22 Apr 1990 06:49

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Author: m... Mark Brader
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 1990 06:49

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> Just like the difference between /bin/true (0 characters) in the One
> True Unix (V7) and /bin/true now ...

What is more, it turns out that at least some present-day imitations
of the One True Unix refuse to run the One True true(1)!  Herewith,
Exhibit A for the Prosecution:

	Script started on Sun Apr 22 02:44:59 1990
	$ ls -l true
	true not found
	$ chmod 755 true >true
	$ cat true
	$ ls -l true
	-rwxr-xr-x  1 msb             0 Apr 22 02:45 true
	$ ./true
	Cannot exec binary file.
	sh: ./true: cannot execute
	$ ^D
	script done on Sun Apr 22 02:45:21 1990

-- 
Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto	"These days UNIX isn't very UNIX-like"
utzoo!sq!msb, m...@sq.com					-- Doug Gwyn

This article is in the public domain.  Including my version of "true". :-)

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