This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface
Contents
Application Usage
None.
Asynchronous Events
Default.
Consequences Of Errors
Default.
Thefollowingsectionsareinformative.Copyright
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard
for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original
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The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
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IEEE/The Open Group 2017 FALSE(1POSIX)
Description
The false utility shall return with a non-zero exit code.
Environment Variables
None.
Examples
None.
Exit Status
The false utility shall always exit with a value other than zero.
Extended Description
None.
Future Directions
None.
Input Files
None.
Name
false — return false value
Operands
None.
Options
None.
Output Files
None.
Prolog
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface
may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface
may not be implemented on Linux.
Rationale
None.
See Also
true
Stderr
Not used.
Stdin
Not used.
Stdout
Not used.
Synopsis
false
