On 20 May 2005, you wrote in lfs.dev: > Robert Russell wrote: >> On 5/19/05, Bryan Kadzban <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > However, we might be able to do something with exec in a subshell > instead (since exec won't run a builtin or function, only an > executable): > > if ( exec [ -r file1 ] ) ; then do_whatever ; fi > > I can't decide if that's more or less ugly than: > > if /bin/[ -r file1 ] ; then do_whatever ; fi > > though. It is a few characters longer, for whatever that's worth. >
Just drop the "[" construct altogether and use /bin/test exclusively? - -- Steve Crosby -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
