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  • This Is So True

    From Hactar@21:1/5 to Kerr Mudd-John on Sun May 15 16:46:44 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    In article <op.yhikqxd0msr2db@dell3100.dlink.com>,
    Kerr Mudd-John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
    On Sun, 15 May 2016 03:41:00 +0100, Tim Wright <tlwright6x@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    http://imgur.com/X3iCrqc

    truth value of 7?

    True =1, False =0 </coding example>

    Except in Un*x CLI, where it's reversed.

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  • From Kerr Mudd-John@21:1/5 to Hactar on Mon May 16 09:55:55 2016
    XPost: alt.fan.cecil-adams

    On Sun, 15 May 2016 21:46:44 +0100, Hactar <ebenZEROONE@verizon.net> wrote:

    In article <op.yhikqxd0msr2db@dell3100.dlink.com>,
    Kerr Mudd-John <admin@127.0.0.1> wrote:
    On Sun, 15 May 2016 03:41:00 +0100, Tim Wright <tlwright6x@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    http://imgur.com/X3iCrqc

    truth value of 7?

    True =1, False =0 </coding example>

    Except in Un*x CLI, where it's reversed.


    Ah, yes. rc=0=success, all else is an error

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