Messages in this thread | | | From | "Michael H. Warfield" <> | Subject | Re: GNU/Linux stance by Richard Stallman | Date | Sun, 28 Mar 1999 12:38:44 -0500 (EST) |
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Riley Williams enscribed thusly: > Hi Brandon.
> >> Ahem... Forgot to count ELF signature and headers, didn't you? > >> Minimal /bin/true being #!/bin/sh - 10 bytes (you'll need > >> newline at the end).
> > No, but one from me: the minimal /bin/true is 0 bytes. :-) > > And nicely disproves the "wasted space in the blocks" comment: > > how many blocks does an 0-byte file take?
> Just out of curiosity, what's the minimum /bin/false ???
Not counting the length of the name in the symlink: 0
ln -s /dev/null /bin/false.
Results in "permission denied" error which is "not true" and therefore false.
> Best wishes from Riley.
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux | > | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, | > | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone | > | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. | > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux > * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
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