Zackary Deems wrote:
> echo "blah" >/tmp/blah
> ln -s /tmp/blah /tmp/blah.link
> if [[ -f "/tmp/blah.link" ]]
> then
> echo "/tmp/blah.link is a regular file"
> else
> echo "/tmp/blah.link is NOT a regular file"
> fi
>
> links now match for both links and regular files. This plays hell with
> quite a bit of existing code.
The file status operators, unless specifically described as operating
on symlinks, have always followed symbolic links.
Chet
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