I have a symlink file and if if I test it I get success status with -f.
831 > ls -l errio err lrwxrwxrwx. 1 sorr fc 5 Aug 18 08:48 err -> errio -rw-rw-r--. 1 sorr fc 3816 Aug 18 08:48 errio 832 > [[ -f errio ]] 833 > echo $? # Good answer 0 *834 > [[ -h errio ]] 835 > echo $? # Good answer 1 *836 > [[ -f err ]] 837 > echo $? # BAD answer 0 *838 > [[ -h err ]] # Good answer 839 > echo $? 0 The man page says that -f should succeed if it exists and it's a regular file. GNU bash, version 4.0.35(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Is this a bug? Is there a workaround? Am I doing something wrong? TIA -- Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have .0. happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ ..0 Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- 000 individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? steveo at syslang.net
