forwarded 367539 upstream quit On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 08:47:24PM +0200, Frank K??ster wrote: > I've been frequently told that using test or [ with -a (for ANDing > conditions) is a bashism, and if I am right that > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/mindex.html describes the > POSIX standard, POSIX does not require "test" to understand this: > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/test.html
Yes. > I think it should not support this. Especially since it's easy to write > it with &&. I personally agree with you, and dislike these -a and -o options too. That's an upstream decision though, I think, and so forward upstream. What do you think, Herbert? Thanks, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
