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Subject: Re: Re: /bin/test and stat(2)
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Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 09:27:39 EDT
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In article <29056@sun.uucp> guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
>Don't rely on *this* behavior either - check that a string isn't null before
>handing it to "/bin/test"!

Just how ? Write a specialized c-program "isnull"....er!
Otherwise you'll have to use test to test whether it should be passed to
test.... (-;

Well it's two different uses of test...So I'm just picky I think...

						Kim Chr. Madsen.