[PATCH] commands: add ':' as alias for 'true'

Ian Abbott abbotti at mev.co.uk
Wed May 17 04:46:49 PDT 2017


':' is the null command, sometimes used in shell scripts (especially
after 'then'), but it is not yet supported by barebox.  It is supposed
to do nothing, successfully, just like the 'true' command, so add it as
an alias.

Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti at mev.co.uk>
---
 commands/true.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/commands/true.c b/commands/true.c
index 24dea4692..b850f5165 100644
--- a/commands/true.c
+++ b/commands/true.c
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ static int do_true(int argc, char *argv[])
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const char *true_aliases[] = { ":", NULL};
+
 BAREBOX_CMD_START(true)
+	.aliases	= true_aliases,
 	.cmd		= do_true,
 	BAREBOX_CMD_DESC("do nothing, successfully")
 	BAREBOX_CMD_GROUP(CMD_GRP_SCRIPT)
-- 
2.11.0




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