allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (04/29/86)
Expires: Quoted from <17555@rochester.ARPA> ["Re: Are any parts of UNIX in public domain?"], by ken@rochester.ARPA (Ipse dixit)... +--------------- | >It is interesting to notice that the previously very small (and fast) | >shell procedure /bin/true now has a size of 747 bytes and a doubled | >execution time. | | Oh, good grief! Do those lawyer types worry about somebody stealing | a one-liner like exit 0? +--------------- It's worse than that... but if I told you, I'd be breaking our license agreement with AT&T, so... Next time you log into a V7, sys3, or even BSD system, do an ``ls -l /bin/test'' and get a surprise that falls out of the way /bin/sh handles exit statuses (statii? :-). --Brandon -- decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!allbery ncoast!allbery@Case.CSNET ncoast!tdi2!brandon (ncoast!tdi2!root for business) 6615 Center St. #A1-105, Mentor, OH 44060-4101 Phone: +01 216 974 9210 CIS 74106,1032 MCI MAIL BALLBERY (part-time) PC UNIX/UNIX PC - which do you like best? See <1129@ncoast.UUCP> in net.unix.