4.3bsd sh problems

[Stephen J. Friedl]

In article <14247 at mimsy.UUCP>, chris at mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> 
> `test' is not built in to the 4BSD /bin/sh.  /bin/test uses open() to
> test files; open for write fails on directories.  SV sh apparently
> uses access().  To test directories you have to write your own test
> program.

System V Release 3 fixed this problem; test(1) -- a builtin -- no
longer uses access(2).  Now if they would only make the $PATH search
mechanism work the same way :-(.

     Steve

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