--- Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From man bash: > : [arguments] > No effect; the command does nothing > beyond expanding > arguments and performing any specified redirections. > A zero exit code > is returned. > > So effectively a no-op returning true. I use > constructs of the form > > while : ; do ... done > > to make effectively infinite looks all the time.
Ah, interesting. Thanks. -- Viksit -- Viksit Gaur viksit at aya dot yale dot edu http://viksit.com Just because you have a mind like a hammer doesn't mean you should treat everyone else like a nail - Terry Pratchett ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - February 22/23, 2008 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
