Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) writes:
Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
POSIX long ago decided that FD is not optional with test -t. GNU
'test' conforms to POSIX in this respect.
bash's does, but coreutils' doesn't.
Good point. I looked at
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) writes:
Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
POSIX long ago decided that FD is not optional with test -t. GNU
'test' conforms to POSIX in this respect.
bash's does, but coreutils' doesn't.
Good point. I looked at coreutils/src/test.c and noticed some other
Dan Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
$ man test
-t [FD]
file descriptor FD (stdout by default) is opened on a terminal
I.e. argument optional
$ help test
-t FD True if FD is opened on a terminal.
Not so optional with bash then.
You guys should
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Why does (shell-command test -ttty) get so far to tell me 'not a
tty'!?
Paul With a single argument, test only tells you whether that arguments is
Paul empty. You want test -t 0 (or 1 or 2).
$ man test
-t [FD]
file descriptor FD
Dan Jacobson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul With a single argument, test only tells you whether that arguments is
Paul empty. You want test -t 0 (or 1 or 2).
$ man test
-t [FD]
file descriptor FD (stdout by default) is opened on a terminal
I.e. argument optional
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