> Bash Version: 3.2 > Patch Level: 48 > Release Status: release > > Description: > Use of the '-a' option to the builtin test command fails to > produce the correct result when used with negation. The specific > error the case where the file exists and a "test ! -a file" is > executed. If the script is changed to use '-e' for file > existence the result is correct as expected. If the script is > modified to place parenthesis around the '-a file' expression, > the result is also correct.
Please read the Bash FAQ, question E1. The same information is in the description of `test' in the bash man page. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/
