On Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 12:34:05 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
>On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 09:32:07AM +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>> Mary Gardiner wrote:
>> > EXIT STATUS
>> >        0 (true)  System is on mains power
>> >        1 (false) System is not on mains power
>> >        255 (false)    Power status could not be determined
>> 
>> <boggle>
>> In what universe is 0 true and 1 false?????
>> </boogle>
>
>That would be the Shell universe.  Like most things in shell, it's bass
>ackwards.  You get used to it after a while.

nofx:/home/benno% true; echo $?
0
nofx:/home/benno% false; echo $?    
1

Huzzah!
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