Why is the file /bin/false so large?

August tan.august at gmail.com
Tue Feb 9 06:48:41 UTC 2010


yes, my /bin/false also has 27kB
false command is used in shell script to force return a unsuccessful code.


2010/2/9 Detlef Lechner <Detlef.Lechner at gmx.net>

> Hi,
>
> why is the file /bin/false so large (30260 bytes) for providing so
> little functionality (according to 'man false'?
>
> Regards,
> Detlef Lechner
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August
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