While [ .TRUE. ] ???

[AnotherAlan]

Hi all,

I'm going through some old ksh scripts and have encountered the above format for a while loop, minus the question marks obviously.
I'm intrigued as I've never seen this before.
I've seen while [0] and even while [1], but never this.

Anyone care to tell me what the dots(.) represent or is this just an old ksh way of doing things.

Thanks

 

[feherke]

Hi

Just thinking aloud... Maybe an old FoxPro maniac personalized abit his environment with something like :

ln -s /bin/true .TRUE.

[gray]# or[/gray]

alias .TRUE.=/bin/true

Feherke.

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[AnotherAlan]

Hi Feherke,

Judging from the rest of the script maniac sounds about right.
Thanks for the reply.

Alan