From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:18:33 +1100 (EST)
Subject: [TUHS] /bin/true (was basic tools / Universal Unix)
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On Thu, 19 Oct 2017, Kurt H Maier wrote:

> It's still useful.  Minimal example:
>
> [khm at pc ~]$ (exec cd /); echo $?
> 0
> [khm at pc ~]$ (exec cd /nosuchpath); echo $?
> /usr/bin/cd: line 2: cd: /nosuchpath: No such file or directory
> 1

And others pointed out the same thing; OK, it's obscure (because "test -x 
{}" doesn't quite fit the bill) but I'm convinced.

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."