On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Lynn Kerby wrote:
>
> Thanks, I hadn't read the Open Group test command doc. However, I find the
> doc inconsistent on this matter when read in its entirety.
>
> For starters, POSIX doesn't allow for the use of '-a' as a unary operator
> (according to the RATIONA
> Bash Version: 3.2
> Patch Level: 48
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Use of the '-a' option to the builtin test command fails to
> produce the correct result when used with negation. The specific
> error the case where the file exists and a "test ! -a file" is
>
On Jul 21, 2009, at 8:53 AM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
Lynn Kerby writes:
Use of the '-a' option to the builtin test command fails to
produce the correct result when used with negation. The specific
error the case where the file exists and a "test ! -a file" is
exe
Lynn Kerby writes:
> Use of the '-a' option to the builtin test command fails to
> produce the correct result when used with negation. The specific
> error the case where the file exists and a "test ! -a file" is
> executed. If the script is changed to use '-e' for file
>
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
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DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu' -
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