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1.1 ! root 1: .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990 The Regents of the University of California. ! 2: .\" All rights reserved. ! 3: .\" ! 4: .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted provided ! 5: .\" that: (1) source distributions retain this entire copyright notice and ! 6: .\" comment, and (2) distributions including binaries display the following ! 7: .\" acknowledgement: ``This product includes software developed by the ! 8: .\" University of California, Berkeley and its contributors'' in the ! 9: .\" documentation or other materials provided with the distribution and in ! 10: .\" all advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software. ! 11: .\" Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors may ! 12: .\" be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without ! 13: .\" specific prior written permission. ! 14: .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED ! 15: .\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ! 16: .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ! 17: .\" ! 18: .\" @(#)false.1 6.3 (Berkeley) 7/24/90 ! 19: .\" ! 20: .Dd July 24, 1990 ! 21: .Dt FALSE 1 ! 22: .Os BSD 4.2 ! 23: .Sh NAME ! 24: .Nm false ! 25: .Nd Return false value. ! 26: .Sh SYNOPSIS ! 27: .Nm false ! 28: .Sh DESCRIPTION ! 29: .Nm false ! 30: is usually used in a Bourne shell script. ! 31: It tests for the appropriate status "false" before running ! 32: (or failing to run) a list of commands. ! 33: .Pp ! 34: The ! 35: .Nm false ! 36: utility always exits with a value other than zero. ! 37: .Sh SEE ALSO ! 38: .Xr csh 1 , ! 39: .Xr sh 1 , ! 40: .Xr true 1 ! 41: .Sh STANDARDS ! 42: The ! 43: .Nm false ! 44: function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
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