The OP's issue isn't bash-specific.
The behavior of test WRT symbolic links is specified in POSIX, cf.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html
Specifically:
"With the exception of the -h pathname and -L pathname primaries, if a
pathname argument is a symbolic link, te
2015-02-09 14:59:06 -0700, Bob Proulx:
[...]
> The idea is that symlinks should be completely transparent and
> invisible to most applications. The idea is that when normal things
> are run they don't realize they are using a symlink. Behavior would
> be exactly the same as if it were a regular f
Bob Proulx wrote:
Well... It has been packaged that way for years and years and years.
I didn't look to see how long but this really isn't anything new.
Ah!
I kept my home folder for about a decade, copying everything to new
drives (and I used slack, fedora and suse before ubuntu).
But, thi
Vladimir Kanazir wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> >The bash default is not to set that variable. But it looks like you
> >are using Ubuntu and the Ubuntu package default is to set it in the
> >default .bashrc file as a user level customization.
>
> Yes, they broke many things in 14.04 LTS...
Well...
Bob Proulx wrote:
The bash default is not to set that variable. But it looks like you
are using Ubuntu and the Ubuntu package default is to set it in the
default .bashrc file as a user level customization.
Yes, they broke many things in 14.04 LTS...
Thank you!
--
Regards
Vladimir Kanazir
Vladimir Kanazir wrote:
> uname output: Linux canny 3.13.0-34-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 13
> 15:45:27 $
> When you type space before the command, the command is not
> saved in the history.
> You can't see it when arrow up / CTRL+P is pressed. It is
> like the command
On 2/10/15 4:00 AM, Vladimir Kanazir wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 11
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> When you type space before the command, the command is not
> saved in the history.
> You can't see it when arrow up / CTRL+P is pressed. It is
> like the
On 10/02/15 09:00, Vladimir Kanazir wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='l$
> uname output: Linux canny 3.13.0-34-generic #60-
Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='l$
uname output: Linux canny 3.13.0-34-generic #60-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 13
15:45:27 $
Machine Type: x86_64-
The current behaviour is according to the intended functionality of
symlinks when they first appeared, i e to create first-rank local
references across få boundaries. cf hard links.
Hans J. Albertsson
>From my Nexus 5
Den 10 feb 2015 10:04 skrev "Jonathan Hankins" :
> $ touch foo
> $ ln -s foo ba
Hello.
In the latest version of online manual for gnu bash,
in chapter "4.3.1 The Set Builtin"
(https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html)
there is obscure explanation to option "-a".
The sentence says "Mark variables and function which are modified or
created for exp
$ touch foo
$ ln -s foo bar
$ [[ -f foo ]] && [[ ! -h foo ]] && echo "exists and is not a symlink"
exists and is not a symlink
$ [[ -f bar ]] && [[ ! -h bar ]] && echo "exists and is not a symlink"
$
-Jonathan Hankins
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Cheng Rk wrote:
>
>
> On Monday, February 9,
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