On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 05:56:13PM +0200, Reuti wrote: > While we are on this: wondering about the difference about -h and -L I found > that `man test` outputs on OS X: > > " -h file True if file exists and is a symbolic link. This > operator is retained for compatibility with pre- > vious versions of this program. Do not rely on its > existence; use -L instead." > > while on Linux `man test` just states that it's the same. Is there any > preference which one should be used for the bash builtin?
POSIX documents both -h and -L http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html It doesn't appear to give any preference for one over the other. I don't even see anything in the Rationale. I don't know why the OS X man page is deprecating one of them over the other.
