On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 11:59:51AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 10:27:49PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > >> Yar Tikhiy wrote: > >>> yar 2006-07-25 17:20:22 UTC > >>> > >>> FreeBSD src repository > >>> > >>> Modified files: > >>> etc rc.subr > >>> Log: > >>> Avoid extra runs of test(1) by using its built-in logical operations. > >>> > >>> Revision Changes Path > >>> 1.63 +9 -15 src/etc/rc.subr > >>> > >>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/etc/rc.subr.diff?&r1=1.62&r2=1.63&f=h > >> I'm pretty sure that this commit has the opposite effect from what you > >> intended. If you do: > >> > >> [ foo -a bar ] > >> > >> then the bar test will always be run, whereas if you do > >> > >> [ foo ] && [ bar ] > >> > >> bar won't run unless foo succeeds. > > > > I believed test(1) was smarter than that. But as a matter of fact, > > -a won't skip bar even if foo is false, neither will -o if foo is > > true. Is this a bug or a required feature? > > If it makes you feel any better, I thought the same way you did, and learned > my lessons the hard way. :)
I hope that this isn't sacred knowledge and I won't be stabbed in the back by an assassin for having uncovered it in the manpage :-) -- Yar _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
