31 Mar
2008
31 Mar
'08
11:11 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 01:37:01PM -0700, Tim Alberts wrote:
Why does 'test -f' and 'test -e' return true on a (hidden) file that doesn't exist?
*> cat /home/talberts/.forward* cat: /home/talberts/.forward: No such file or directory *> test -f /home/talberts/.forward ;echo $?* 1 *> test -e /home/talberts/.forward ;echo $?* 1
"0" means true
% test 1 == 1 ; echo $? 0 % test 1 == 2 ; echo $? 1 % test 1 == 1 && echo good good
(BTW, putting * around lines you type is REALLY bad quoting style)
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rgds
Stephen