From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 18:19:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (false invocation): Note that false exits
X-Git-Tag: v5.0~7
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ba621e52e13be877a9bf67caebbc37b50cf96a2e;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

(false invocation): Note that false exits
unsuccessfully even with --help and --version.
---

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 9cecd2c482..eb5be5e178 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -8595,6 +8595,10 @@ This version of @command{false} is implemented as a C program, and is thus
 more secure and faster than a shell script implementation, and may safely
 be used as a dummy shell for the purpose of disabling accounts.
 
+Note that @command{false} (unlike all other programs documented herein)
+exits unsuccessfully, even when invoked with
+@option{--help} or @option{--version}.
+
 
 @node true invocation
 @section @command{true}: Do nothing, successfully