On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 02:06:32PM +0300, Vasil Dimov wrote: > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:52:34PM +0200, Dario Freni wrote: > > Vasil Dimov wrote: > > > Even we can use > > > if [ -d /tmp -a -w /tmp ] ; then > > > or (which is equivalent) > > > if [ -d /tmp ] && [ -w /tmp ] ; then > > > and save external commands (mkdir) execution and directory > > > creation/deletion at all. > > > > You can't use test -w here. The script is checking if there is a > > read-only filesystem. -w checks only the file flags (according to the > > man page, at least). > > > That's correct, -w cannot be used to check read-only filesystem.
Actually, you can. That's not portable behaviour though. Joerg _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
