Olly Betts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The autoconf manual, section 10.10 "Limitations of Shell Builtins" (in > the CVS HEAD version at least) says: > > `!' > The Unix version 7 shell did not support negating the exit status > of commands with `!', and this feature is still absent from more > modern shells (e.g., Solaris `/bin/sh'). [...]
OK, thanks for the reference (yes, I am surprised). It doesn't say, though, whether legacy systems such as Solaris have a 'test' builtin that supports negation. ;-P Regards, -- Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]