-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Hongyi Zhao on 1/8/2009 8:55 PM: > if [ -f *.cache-2 ] rm *.cache-2 > > But it seems that this -f parameter in the _if_ command will not work > with wildcard, i.e., the _[ -f *.cache-2 ]_ isn't a valid arg. Any > hints on this issue?
Not cygwin specific. Your problem is that using a glob can expand to more than one argument, whereas "[ -f ... ]" expects exactly one argument in place of ...; using echo will show you where you went wrong: echo [ -f *.cache-2 ] - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklnTTsACgkQ84KuGfSFAYAIMQCgkGgi59V+gMaWTBoHt+IVg4eL VmQAoILJS58ZpN1rNerzxw06WxY7ku/T =bKCT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
