>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Andrew> while `/bin/true`;
Uh, what?
Execute /bin/true,
take its output
if its output is non-null, continue.
Last I checked, /bin/true outputs nothing. :)
Maybe you wanted:
while true;
do; ...; done
Or more commonly:
while :; do
...
done
because the ":" command is true.
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