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Subject: Re: Question about 'test' (Was Re: testing if a file is present)
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Date: 30 Nov 90 01:53:47 GMT
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In-reply-to: guy@auspex.auspex.com's message of 29 Nov 90 19:04:36 GMT

In article <4586@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
 >>But what will the (bourne-) shell say about...
 >>>
 >>>        If [ -r filename ]; then

 >"test"/"[" will then say "well, I was invoked as '[' rather than 'test';
 >that means I should check to make sure my last argument is ']', and
 >complain otherwise."

trying /bin/[ shows that it only checks if argv[0] == "[".