On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Chet Ramey wrote: > > [...] and there appear to > > be no options at all to turn this superfluous output off. > > This is, as Eric Blake noted, required POSIX behavior. As to the manual:
It is an interesting position for POSIX to take, given that in general Unix is silent on success. http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ch01s06.html#id2878450 Does POSIX forbid an option "to turn this superfluous output off", as Tony Balinski put it? Hugh _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash