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| Started by | Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> |
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| First post | 2019-10-21 11:11 +0200 |
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Re: -e test description in the GNU Bash 5.0 man page from 7 December 2018 Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> - 2019-10-21 11:11 +0200
| From | Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> |
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| Date | 2019-10-21 11:11 +0200 |
| Subject | Re: -e test description in the GNU Bash 5.0 man page from 7 December 2018 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1356.1571649090.9715.bug-bash@gnu.org> |
On Okt 21 2019, Marco Ippolito wrote:
> In the GNU Bash 5.0 man page from 7 December 2018 the -e test is
> documented as such:
>
> -e file
> True if file exists.
>
> When "file" is a symlink name to a non-existing target, the -e test fails,
> and this may be surprising from just reading the documentation.
It also says:
Unless otherwise specified, primaries that operate on files follow sym-
bolic links and operate on the target of the link, rather than the link
itself.
Andreas.
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