Re: Problems with test -L on Solaris

[Gary V . Vaughan]

On Monday 23 April 2001  2:23 am, address@hidden wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 08:05:38PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Albert Chin-A-Young writes:
> > > > Try changing the code to look like this:
> > > >
> > > >     if test -L "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1 || test -h "$file" >/dev/null
> > > > 2>&1 || test -f "$file"; then
> > >
> > > Well, examine the following:
> > >   $ /bin/sh
> > >   $ test -X "/etc/passwd" || echo foo
> > >   test: argument expected
> > >   $ test -L "/etc/passwd" || echo foo
> > >   test: argument expected
> > >
> > > Because the "echo foo" never gets called, it doesn't matter what is
> > > placed after ||.
> >
> > That's a peculiar shell.  How about this:
> >
> > if test -L "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> >
> > elif test -h "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
> >
> > elif test -f "$file"; then
> >
> > elif ...
>
> No. But this will work:
>   if (test -L "$file") >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
>   (test -h "$file") >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
>   test -f "$file"; then
>
> I've already tested it. I'll contribute the patch soon.

Me too!  Already applied.  Thanks.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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