On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 09:55:22AM +0100, Thomas Hood wrote:
>Brendan O'Dea wrote:
>> there are quite a few instances in /etc/init.d/*.sh scripts where "exit" is
>> called.
>
>All the exit commands are either (1) at the end of usage exception sections,
>or (2) preceded by colons ':'. Testing suggests that a ": exit 0" does the
>same as ":", namely, nothing.
Yes, ":" is a no-op, which returns true. Sometimes used for side-effects:
: ${foo:=bar} # set foo=bar if not set
Not all instances are harmless. Take /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh for example
(util-linux):
[ ! -x /sbin/hwclock ] && exit 0
"chmod -x /sbin/hwclock" should not stop my system from booting.
--bod
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