Hi Eric, On Jan 28, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 01/27/2014 12:24 PM, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >>> On Jan 28, 2014, at 2:30 AM, Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 01/26/2014 11:08 AM, Bruce Korb wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> "test -f .git"? Do you mean "test -d .git"? >>> >>> No, because .git can be a symlink, in which case test -d .git fails but >>> test -f .git passes. >> >> Urgh. Now I'm confused... the manual page for test on my Mac says that >> -f passes if the argument exists and is a regular file. A directory is not a >> regular file, so -f would fail (on MacOS at least), no? > > Uggh. 'test -e' tests for existence of both regular files, symlinks, > and directories; but is not portable. 'test -r' is a reasonable > substitute. But gnulib seems to be doing just fine with 'test -d .git', > rather than worrying about the case when .git is a symlink rather than > an actual directory. At this point, I say we just stick to 'test -d' > until someone provides a counterexample that doesn't work, rather than > worrying about theory. > > Sorry for the added confusion.
No worries. And thanks for clearing it up so quickly :) Cheers, -- Gary V. Vaughan (gary AT gnu DOT org)
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