Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!panix!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: Ilkka Virta Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: Strange (wrong?) behaviour of "test ! -a file" Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 21:24:24 +0300 Lines: 74 Approved: bug-bash@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20181021113211.23c6b725374a558e83bf6718@schrader-schulte.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------3CCB209638BC5649ACE09447" X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1540146298 30088 208.118.235.17 (21 Oct 2018 18:24:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: chet.ramey@case.edu, Martin Schulte , bug-bash@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-bash@gnu.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-SASI-RCODE: 200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iki.fi; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtp; bh=rw5DqjK+egyszZCQZJnZNZ48kk1IEoykWAzYaGTfUVI=; b=rQ2Wm21+MbD6TG9B/mRSYPKSg5Lq7bqFIK89p4RIdNbPHbCz/CO0si1QSIbXx2JOufOCY+nzF0hmhyuEiYed7P326gntuYqJRpnLFx+LGy3xpdML5qUu4ajUmm5Gy9bTqPmV3xkpBPWzKU3ESdEa3VTZ6qMnimm0+f2pQgpXbjgGm/QcHAFDbW1V1/1DC7aMWfCZwQRHkXCCIhCVWd40wpOOiIlq2IUvR88075Ap7weSha3Rt72NHU+LoDdxZ+CQescUwdwiM5y3XILxfg/twVXeLkDLEwK7qqbYF6sGSDYOFHX560aMgCqnO18jGRI48Daw80+h2AnQjXxiGIzUKw== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: FreeBSD 8.x X-Received-From: 157.24.2.213 X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:14726 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3CCB209638BC5649ACE09447 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 21.10. 20:03, Chet Ramey wrote: > The help text for test says > > "The behavior of test depends on the number of arguments. Read the > bash manual page for the complete specification." Can I suggest adding that note from the help text to the manual under "Bash Conditional Expressions" too? Perhaps also explicitly noting the clash with the binary operators in the descriptions of -a and -o, too. Something along the lines of the attached patch. I also think the description of the 3-argument test would be clearer with numbering, so I added that too. -- Ilkka Virta / itvirta@iki.fi --------------3CCB209638BC5649ACE09447 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; x-mac-type="0"; x-mac-creator="0"; name="bashdoc-test.diff" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="bashdoc-test.diff" LS0tIGJhc2hyZWYudGV4aS5vcmlnCTIwMTgtMTAtMjEgMjA6NDU6MzEuOTA5OTQxNzM2ICsw MzAwCisrKyBiYXNocmVmLnRleGkJMjAxOC0xMC0yMSAyMTowOToyNC4zMDI1NTEwNzkgKzAz MDAKQEAgLTM3OTUsMTggKzM3OTUsMjUgQEAKIAogQGl0ZW0gMyBhcmd1bWVudHMKIFRoZSBm b2xsb3dpbmcgY29uZGl0aW9ucyBhcmUgYXBwbGllZCBpbiB0aGUgb3JkZXIgbGlzdGVkLgor CitAZW51bWVyYXRlCitAaXRlbQogSWYgdGhlIHNlY29uZCBhcmd1bWVudCBpcyBvbmUgb2Yg dGhlIGJpbmFyeSBjb25kaXRpb25hbAogb3BlcmF0b3JzIChAcHhyZWZ7QmFzaCBDb25kaXRp b25hbCBFeHByZXNzaW9uc30pLCB0aGUKIHJlc3VsdCBvZiB0aGUgZXhwcmVzc2lvbiBpcyB0 aGUgcmVzdWx0IG9mIHRoZSBiaW5hcnkgdGVzdCB1c2luZyB0aGUKIGZpcnN0IGFuZCB0aGly ZCBhcmd1bWVudHMgYXMgb3BlcmFuZHMuCiBUaGUgQHNhbXB7LWF9IGFuZCBAc2FtcHstb30g b3BlcmF0b3JzIGFyZSBjb25zaWRlcmVkIGJpbmFyeSBvcGVyYXRvcnMKIHdoZW4gdGhlcmUg YXJlIHRocmVlIGFyZ3VtZW50cy4KK0BpdGVtCiBJZiB0aGUgZmlyc3QgYXJndW1lbnQgaXMg QHNhbXB7IX0sIHRoZSB2YWx1ZSBpcyB0aGUgbmVnYXRpb24gb2YKIHRoZSB0d28tYXJndW1l bnQgdGVzdCB1c2luZyB0aGUgc2Vjb25kIGFuZCB0aGlyZCBhcmd1bWVudHMuCitAaXRlbQog SWYgdGhlIGZpcnN0IGFyZ3VtZW50IGlzIGV4YWN0bHkgQHNhbXB7KH0gYW5kIHRoZSB0aGly ZCBhcmd1bWVudCBpcwogZXhhY3RseSBAc2FtcHspfSwgdGhlIHJlc3VsdCBpcyB0aGUgb25l LWFyZ3VtZW50IHRlc3Qgb2YgdGhlIHNlY29uZAogYXJndW1lbnQuCitAaXRlbQogT3RoZXJ3 aXNlLCB0aGUgZXhwcmVzc2lvbiBpcyBmYWxzZS4KK0BlbmQgZW51bWVyYXRlCiAKIEBpdGVt IDQgYXJndW1lbnRzCiBJZiB0aGUgZmlyc3QgYXJndW1lbnQgaXMgQHNhbXB7IX0sIHRoZSBy ZXN1bHQgaXMgdGhlIG5lZ2F0aW9uIG9mCkBAIC02ODIxLDcgKzY4MjgsOSBAQAogQGNpbmRl eCBleHByZXNzaW9ucywgY29uZGl0aW9uYWwKIAogQ29uZGl0aW9uYWwgZXhwcmVzc2lvbnMg YXJlIHVzZWQgYnkgdGhlIEBjb2Rle1tbfSBjb21wb3VuZCBjb21tYW5kCi1hbmQgdGhlIEBj b2Rle3Rlc3R9IGFuZCBAY29kZXtbfSBidWlsdGluIGNvbW1hbmRzLgorYW5kIHRoZSBAY29k ZXt0ZXN0fSBhbmQgQGNvZGV7W30gYnVpbHRpbiBjb21tYW5kcy4gVGhlIGJlaGF2aW9yIG9m Cit0aGUgQGNvZGV7dGVzdH0gYW5kIEBjb2Rle1t9IGJ1aWx0aW5zIGRlcGVuZCBvbiB0aGUg bnVtYmVyIG9mIGFyZ3VtZW50cy4KK1NlZSB0aGVpciBkZXNjcmlwdGlvbnMgaW4gQHJlZntC b3VybmUgU2hlbGwgQnVpbHRpbnN9IGZvciBkZXRhaWxzLgogCiBFeHByZXNzaW9ucyBtYXkg YmUgdW5hcnkgb3IgYmluYXJ5LgogVW5hcnkgZXhwcmVzc2lvbnMgYXJlIG9mdGVuIHVzZWQg dG8gZXhhbWluZSB0aGUgc3RhdHVzIG9mIGEgZmlsZS4KQEAgLTY4NDYsNyArNjg1NSw4IEBA CiAKIEB0YWJsZSBAY29kZQogQGl0ZW0gLWEgQHZhcntmaWxlfQotVHJ1ZSBpZiBAdmFye2Zp bGV9IGV4aXN0cy4KK1RydWUgaWYgQHZhcntmaWxlfSBleGlzdHMuIE5vdGUgdGhhdCB0aGlz IG1heSBiZSBpbnRlcnByZXRlZCBhcyB0aGUgYmluYXJ5CitAc2FtcHstYX0gb3BlcmF0b3Ig aWYgdXNlZCB3aXRoIHRoZSBAY29kZXt0ZXN0fSBvciBAY29kZXtbfSBidWlsdGlucy4KIAog QGl0ZW0gLWIgQHZhcntmaWxlfQogVHJ1ZSBpZiBAdmFye2ZpbGV9IGV4aXN0cyBhbmQgaXMg YSBibG9jayBzcGVjaWFsIGZpbGUuCkBAIC02OTI0LDYgKzY5MzQsOCBAQAogVHJ1ZSBpZiB0 aGUgc2hlbGwgb3B0aW9uIEB2YXJ7b3B0bmFtZX0gaXMgZW5hYmxlZC4KIFRoZSBsaXN0IG9m IG9wdGlvbnMgYXBwZWFycyBpbiB0aGUgZGVzY3JpcHRpb24gb2YgdGhlIEBvcHRpb257LW99 CiBvcHRpb24gdG8gdGhlIEBjb2Rle3NldH0gYnVpbHRpbiAoQHB4cmVme1RoZSBTZXQgQnVp bHRpbn0pLgorTm90ZSB0aGF0IHRoaXMgbWF5IGJlIGludGVycHJldGVkIGFzIHRoZSBiaW5h cnkgQHNhbXB7LW99IG9wZXJhdG9yCitpZiB1c2VkIHdpdGggdGhlIEBjb2Rle3Rlc3R9IG9y IEBjb2Rle1t9IGJ1aWx0aW5zLgogCiBAaXRlbSAtdiBAdmFye3Zhcm5hbWV9CiBUcnVlIGlm IHRoZSBzaGVsbCB2YXJpYWJsZSBAdmFye3Zhcm5hbWV9IGlzIHNldCAoaGFzIGJlZW4gYXNz aWduZWQgYSB2YWx1ZSkuCg== --------------3CCB209638BC5649ACE09447--