Subject: bin/712: sh(1) doesn't document :
To: None <gnats-admin@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 01/07/1995 14:50:06
>Number:         712
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sh(1) doesn't document :
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan  7 14:50:04 1995
>Originator:     John Hawkinson
>Organization:
MIT
>Release:        1.0
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lola-granola 1.0 NetBSD 1.0 (LOLA-DDB) #62: Thu Jan 5 20:50:44 EST 1995 jtkohl@lola-granola:/u1/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LOLA-DDB i386


>Description:

	Yet another item missing from the sh(1) manpage. This seems
	rather poor. I suppose someone should probably go through
	the source and figure out what else it does.

	Additionally, the manpage is rather unclear as to what is and is
	not a builtin. This, too, should be fixed.

>How-To-Repeat:

	man sh

>Fix:

*** 1.2	1995/01/06 04:00:23
--- sh.1	1995/01/07 09:30:45
***************
*** 1031,1036 ****
--- 1031,1040 ----
  be builtin for efficiency (e.g. printf(1), echo(1), test(1),
  etc).
  .TP
+ :
+ This builtin has no effect. It does nothing, throws away its
+ arguments, and returns 0 (true).
+ .TP
  alias  [ name[=string] ...  ]
  If name=string is specified, the shell defines the
  alias ``name'' with value ``string''.  If just ``name''
>Audit-Trail:
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