Messages in this thread | | | From | (david parsons) | Subject | Re: /bin/true (Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman) | Date | 29 Mar 1999 11:36:51 -0800 |
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In article <linux.kernel.19990329004904.A7416@frotz.net>, Brian J. Swetland <swetland@be.com> wrote: >[david parsons <o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s>] >> > >> >ObKernel: the kernel does not fall back to using /bin/sh to execute files >> >> Well, that sucks. That means that I have to resort to wasting >> FIFTY-SIX WHOLE BYTES to have /bin/true work properly in all >> situations (yeah, I could probably make it smaller, but to do >> that would mean that I'd need to do it in assembly rather than >> C.) > >Wouldn't it be more worthwhile to just make it a shell builtin (it >was pointed out to me that bash does this)?
Well, if you're just going to execute it from a shell, a zero-byte /bin/true is better, because it won't lock people into using a specific shell.
But who cares about that when you can get into a righteous tizzy over wasting FIFTY-SIX WHOLE BYTES on your, umm, 16gb / partition.
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