`builtin test -a foo` VS `builtin test ! -a foo`

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Name withheld by request <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In bash the built-in 'test' command can act either as "and", >or as a test for file existence: > > ~ $ help test|grep -e -a > -a FILETrue if file

ssh localhost date # no startup files read: ~/{.bash_profile,.bash_login,.profile,.bashrc}

I posted this (see below/[should bash read ~/.bashrc when "ssh localhost date" runs?]) to the cygwin mailing list. Was I correct? Any comments? To get Cygwin's attention I need to prove they have a bug first.. related thread: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2005-06/msg00306.html v