-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Persson wrote: > Someone was kind enough to send me a script that calls /usr/bin/test. When > the > script didn't work I realised that test was behaving strangely. Basically it > doesn't seem to return anything. > > For instance "test -f /usr/bin/test" doesn't display any output. > > Nor does "test --help". > > Nor "test --version". > > The version I am using is from sys-apps/coreutils-5.2.1-r6 . > > It's very hard to do a google search for anything to do with troubleshooting > a > program called "test". Anyone know what is going on here?
Well, you could start with `man test`. However, test is also a bash builtin (try `type test`) so you may want to consult the bash info manual instead (try `info bash`). Zac -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD2WGn/ejvha5XGaMRAkjoAJ9LICiZO1ZUDB/RDVR+lVSCz5xu8ACg7bKq Y56PjDpGuymg/Pp9icaqX+Y= =SxG/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
