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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting [Bash]Function returning a boolean Post 302311726 by dolphin06 on Wednesday 29th of April 2009 11:09:47 AM
Old 04-29-2009
Alright thank you. I have another question though, now that i have my result is it possible to use it in another test in this way :

Code:
function_boolean
bool=$?
while [ $bool ] && [ boolean expression ]; do
  # ...
done

 

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PROP_BOOL(3)						   BSD Library Functions Manual 					      PROP_BOOL(3)

NAME
prop_bool, prop_bool_create, prop_bool_copy, prop_bool_true -- boolean value property object LIBRARY
Property Container Object Library (libprop, -lprop) SYNOPSIS
#include <prop/proplib.h> prop_bool_t prop_bool_create(bool val); prop_bool_t prop_bool_copy(prop_bool_t bool); bool prop_bool_true(prop_bool_t bool); DESCRIPTION
The prop_bool family of functions operate on a boolean value property object type. prop_bool_create(bool val) Create a boolean value object with the value val. prop_bool_copy(prop_bool_t bool) Copy a boolean value object. If the supplied object isn't a boolean, NULL is returned. prop_bool_true(prop_bool_t bool) Returns the value of the boolean value object. If the supplied object isn't a boolean, false is returned. SEE ALSO
prop_array(3), prop_data(3), prop_dictionary(3), prop_number(3), prop_object(3), prop_string(3), proplib(3) HISTORY
The proplib property container object library first appeared in NetBSD 4.0. BSD
April 22, 2006 BSD
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