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| From: | sunnycemetery |
| Subject: | Re: Wishing rmdir had a prompt |
| Date: | Wed, 23 Oct 2019 13:22:10 -0400 |
| User-agent: | Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On 2019-09-02 17:22, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
Just recently I've been asked (off-list) why src/true.c needs to have 80+ lines while 3 lines would be enough.
This piqued my curiosity. Obvious comment header, localization, and --{help,version} fluff aside, I was not aware of the GNU-specific fringe case, outlined on the info page as steps to force true to produce a false return value. It has been added to my list of party gags.
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