19b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993 29b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 39b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 49b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 59b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 69b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 79b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 89b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 99b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" are met: 109b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 119b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 129b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 139b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 149b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 159b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 169b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 179b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" This product includes software developed by the University of 189b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. 199b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 209b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 219b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" without specific prior written permission. 229b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 239b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 249b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 259b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 269b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 279b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 289b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 299b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 309b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 319b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 329b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 339b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 349b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 359b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" @(#)false.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 36c3aac50fSPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$ 379b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.\" 389b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 6, 1993 399b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Dt FALSE 1 409b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Os BSD 4.2 419b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME 429b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nm false 439b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Nd return false value 449b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS 458fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm 469b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION 47e85c02aaSAlexey ZelkinThe command 48e85c02aaSAlexey Zelkin.Nm 499b50d902SRodney W. Grimesis usually used in a Bourne shell script. 509b50d902SRodney W. GrimesIt tests for the appropriate status "false" before running 519b50d902SRodney W. Grimes(or failing to run) a list of commands. 529b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Pp 539b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe 548fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm 559b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility always exits with a value other than zero. 569b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO 579b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr csh 1 , 589b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr sh 1 , 599b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Xr true 1 609b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.Sh STANDARDS 619b50d902SRodney W. GrimesThe 628fe908efSRuslan Ermilov.Nm 639b50d902SRodney W. Grimesutility is expected to be 649b50d902SRodney W. Grimes.St -p1003.2 659b50d902SRodney W. Grimescompatible. 66