Re: Dubious parse in builtin 'test' command

[Chet Ramey]

Finn Wilcox wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: i686
> OS: cygwin
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation
> CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash.exe' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686' -DCONF_OSTYPE='cygwin' 
> -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-cygwin' -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/
> locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DRECYCLES_PIDS   -I.  -I/h
> ome/eblake/bash-3.2.25-17/src/bash-3.2 -I/home/eblake/bash-3.2.25-17/src/bas
> h-3.2/include -I/home/eblake/bash-3.2.25-17/src/bash-3.2/lib   -O2 -pipe
> uname output: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 zorin 1.5.24(0.156/4/2) 2007-01-31 10:57 i686
> Cygwin
> Machine Type: i686-pc-cygwin
> 
> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 25
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>  builtin "test" command does not behave as expected with args "! -a FILE"

Read the manual page or question E1 in the Bash FAQ for an explanation of
the bash builtin `test', which operates based on the number of arguments.

Chet
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