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Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value
From: |
David Booth |
Subject: |
Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value |
Date: |
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:36:41 -0400 |
The man page for cmp says of the -s option: "Output nothing; yield exit
status only." But nowhere does it say what that exit status will be.
It should say whether a zero or non-zero exit status means "the files
are the same" or "the files differ" or vice versa.
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David Booth, Ph.D.
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- Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value,
David Booth <=
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, Micah Cowan, 2011/10/08
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, Bruce Korb, 2011/10/08
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, Micah Cowan, 2011/10/08
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, David Booth, 2011/10/08
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, Micah Cowan, 2011/10/08
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, David Booth, 2011/10/09
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, Micah Cowan, 2011/10/09
- Re: Bug in "cmp" man page: missing exit status value, David Booth, 2011/10/09