On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:58:40PM +0100, Michal Mazurek wrote: > While there is nothing wrong with "while true", "while :" is better > and used a lot more often in the source tree. > > OK? >
i'm not sure why "while :" is better in this example, but "while true" is clearer, i think. allowing for differences in preference, is their a good reason to change what's there? jmc > Index: bin/sleep/sleep.1 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/sleep/sleep.1,v > retrieving revision 1.22 > diff -u -p -r1.22 sleep.1 > --- bin/sleep/sleep.1 16 Aug 2016 18:51:25 -0000 1.22 > +++ bin/sleep/sleep.1 20 Dec 2016 21:46:07 -0000 > @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ job. > .Pp > To monitor the growth of a file without consuming too many resources: > .Bd -literal -offset indent > -while true; do > +while :; do > ls -l file > sleep 5 > done > > -- > Michal Mazurek >
