>> Perhaps the test should do something like this? >> >> ln -s link link || framework_failure=1 >> test -f link || framework_failure=1 > > That wouldn't work, since `test -f link' would fail even on > a unix-based system. But this should detect the failure you describe: > > ls link || framework_failure=1
Of course, I really meant this :-) ls -F link > /dev/null || framework_failure=1 _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils