This file is colon.def, from which is created colon.c. It implements the builtin ":" in Bash. Copyright (C) 1987-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Bash, the Bourne Again SHell. Bash is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Bash is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Bash. If not, see . $PRODUCES colon.c $BUILTIN : $DOCNAME colon $FUNCTION colon_builtin $SHORT_DOC : Null command. No effect; the command does nothing. Exit Status: Always succeeds. $END $BUILTIN true $FUNCTION colon_builtin $SHORT_DOC true Return a successful result. Exit Status: Always succeeds. $END $BUILTIN false $FUNCTION false_builtin $SHORT_DOC false Return an unsuccessful result. Exit Status: Always fails. $END /* Return a successful result. */ int colon_builtin (ignore) char *ignore; { return (0); } /* Return an unsuccessful result. */ int false_builtin (ignore) char *ignore; { return (1); }