On 14/01/15 16:40, Bernhard Voelker wrote: > On 01/14/2015 04:48 PM, Jim Meyering wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Bernhard Voelker >> <m...@bernhard-voelker.de> wrote: >>> On 01/14/2015 02:51 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >>>> -compare /dev/null err && fail=1 >>>> +test -s err || fail=1 >>> >>> nice one! >> >> Actually, I prefer the former. >> When some program produces unexpected output, that use of >> compare-vs-/dev/null will ensure that the surprising output is >> printed in the test's output. If you use only the "test -s err", >> you would have to instrument and rerun in order to see >> the offending output. > > oops, you're right. > > There were a few others, too. > Fixed with the attached.
+1 thanks! Pádraig
