[ -e "foo" -o -L "foo" -a ! -e "foo" ]
it has no sense doing twice the "-e" test
$ ln -s nonexistent foo
$ [ -e "foo" -o -L "foo" -a ! -e "foo" ] && echo ok || echo ko
ok
$ [ -e "foo" -o -L "foo" ] && echo ok || echo ko
ok
as you can see, the first "-e" check imply the second one
(aka, if
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:23:33 +0100
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> "Matias A. Fonzo" writes:
>
> > On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:37:36 +0100
> > Andreas Schwab wrote:
> >
> >> "Matias A. Fonzo" writes:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:21:12 +
> >> > Marc Herbert wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Matias A. Fonzo
"Matias A. Fonzo" writes:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:37:36 +0100
> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>
>> "Matias A. Fonzo" writes:
>>
>> > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:21:12 +
>> > Marc Herbert wrote:
>> >
>> >> Matias A. Fonzo a écrit :
>> >> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:16:13 +
>> >> > Marc Herbert wrote
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:37:36 +0100
Andreas Schwab wrote:
> "Matias A. Fonzo" writes:
>
> > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:21:12 +
> > Marc Herbert wrote:
> >
> >> Matias A. Fonzo a écrit :
> >> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:16:13 +
> >> > Marc Herbert wrote:
> >>
> >> >> In case anyone is interes
"Matias A. Fonzo" writes:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:21:12 +
> Marc Herbert wrote:
>
>> Matias A. Fonzo a écrit :
>> > On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:16:13 +
>> > Marc Herbert wrote:
>>
>> >> In case anyone is interested my winner (so far) is:
>> >>
>> >> exists()
>> >> {
>> >> [ -e "$1" -o
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