Question about 'test' (Was Re: testing if a file is present)
Thomas Heller
PPH93 at DMSWWU1A.BITNET
Fri Nov 23 05:52:34 AEST 1990
In article <1990Nov21.191638.19469 at athena.mit.edu>, jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan
I. Kamens) says:
>
>In sh, with either a test built-in named "[" or a link in your filesystem
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>called "[" pointing to the test program:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
But what will the (bourne-) shell say about...
>
> if [ -r filename ]; then
^
... ?
Thomas Heller
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