Bug in command test
Hi, I have been training UNIX for a few months, and have come across a bug (I guess so) With test command. The problem is, with -f option it reports a symbolic link as a regular file. For ex: say there is a file f1 of type symbolic link, then If [ -f f1 ]; then Echo reg file Else Echo Not reg file Fi The above code should give output as : Not reg file But it happens to print reg file. I hope you would be able to help me with this. Thanks and Regards, Abhishek Kumar Verma DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended exclusively for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or have received this mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the material from your system. ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: Bug in command test
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008, Abhishek Verma wrote: I have been training UNIX for a few months, and have come across a bug (I guess so) With test command. The problem is, with -f option it reports a symbolic link as a regular file. For ex: say there is a file f1 of type symbolic link, then If [ -f f1 ]; then Echo reg file Else Echo Not reg file Fi The above code should give output as : Not reg file But it happens to print reg file. This is not a bug - the manpage for test states: Except for -h and -L, all FILE-related tests dereference symbolic links. If the filename passed to test is a symlink, the target of the link is tested as a file/directory/etc. Cheers, Phil ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: Bug in command test
Abhishek Verma [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have been training UNIX for a few months, and have come across a bug (I guess so) With test command. Note that you are more likely using the built-in command of the shell, not the one provided by coreutils, though that would not make a difference in this case. The problem is, with -f option it reports a symbolic link as a regular file. From the coreutils documentation: `-h FILE' `-L FILE' True if FILE exists and is a symbolic link. Unlike all other file-related tests, this test does not dereference FILE if it is a symbolic link. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 And now for something completely different. ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
Re: final batch of tiny string fixes [patches]
Benno Schulenberg wrote: Attached the last of the series of tiny fixes for string problems Ping? Benno ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
