* De: Nate Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Data: 2002-11-12 ]
[ Subjecte: sleep(1) behavior ]
> I've found an interesting contradiction and was wondering what behavior
> sleep should have. It checks for a command line flag with getopt(3) and
> exits with usage() if it finds one. However, it then checks for a '-' or
> '+' sign. If negative, it behaves like "sleep 0" and exits
> immediately. This case can almost never be triggered since the
> getopt(3) will catch the minus sign, even if a digit follows it.
>
> Current behavior:
> sleep 0 = exits immediately
> sleep -1 = exits with usage()
> sleep -f = exits with usage()
> sleep " -1" = exits immediately and is the only way I know to trigger
> the negative case.
What about:
sleep -- -1
?
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