On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:14:02 -0700 Richard Fish wrote: > On 7/25/06, Arnau Bria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've seen a file named "[" in my /usr/bin ... > > Perfectly normal. It is a program that implements bash style tests > for script environments that don't normally do them. For example: > > if [ -f /etc/passwd ] ; then > echo "/etc/passwd exists and is a regular file" > fi > > Notice the "[" after the "if".... > > "man test" will give you the user manual for it.
Thanks, I'll take a look right now. > More generally, merge gentoolkit, and you can use equery to find out > where things come from. Ex: > ~ > equery belongs "/usr/bin/[" [...] sure, but I supposed that if it was a strange file, it could come from a corrupt source from coreutils. (I already looked for it with equery, but its strange name make me confused). I have a periodically rkhunter runnig in my system, but I was afraid I got a corrupted source package... > -Richard even though answering only to Richard, thanks to all who answered my question! Cheers! -- Arnau Bria http://blog.emergetux.net La vida es una aplastante derrota tras otra hasta que acabas deseando que se muera Flanders. ~Homer J. Simpson~ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
