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

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Wed May 17 06:56:51 PDT 2017


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 12:46:49PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
> ':' 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(+)

Not sure how useful this is, but it's trivial, so why not?
Applied, thanks

Sascha

> 
> 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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