On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 06:23:20PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2007-12-27 16:00:06 +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 02:18:47AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > According to POSIX[*], "test \( ! -e \)" is a 4-argument test and is > > > here equivalent to "test ! -e". But dash (like ksh93 and bash) yields > > > an error: > > > > > > $ test \( ! -e \) || echo $? > > > test: 1: closing paren expected > > > 2 > > > $ test ! -e || echo $? > > > 1 > > > > Hi Vincent, > > > > the -e switch to test takes an argument, a pathname. > > According to POSIX, in both above examples, "-e" is *not* a switch, > just a string. > > test \( ! -e \) > > means: return true if the string "-e" is empty, otherwhise return false. > The error in dash is that it incorrectly thinks that "-e" is a switch in > this context.
I see, you're right. Thanks, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
