Minh Van <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. if [ -n $dirname ] && [ \( -d $dirname \) -a \( -x $dirname \) ];
> then
> 2. if [ -n $dirname ] && [ -d $dirname ] && [ -x $dirname ]; then
Use the second form whenever you can. && is guaranteed to short circuit while
-a never does. Also, to use -a safely you have to put in those ugly
brackets :)
And if you shell doesn't have test built-in, well, dump it :)
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