On 5/19/2011 3:54 PM, Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > > Hi all, > > For most uses, $HOME and ~ produce identical results. For example, ls > $HOME > or ls ~ are the same. But the following script fails: > > #!/bin/bash > > for i in "$HOME/.bashrc" "~/.bashrc" ; do > echo $i > if [ -a "$i" ]; then > echo "-a worked" > else > echo "-a didn't work" > fi > > if [ -e "$i" ]; then > echo "-e worked" > else > echo "-e didn't work" > fi > done >
Here is what I see on my box: $ ./1.sh /home/ibobyr/.bashrc -a worked -e worked ~/.bashrc -a didn't work -e didn't work I guess the output on your box might be helpful in diagnosing the issue. Ilya Bobyr -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
