Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ateng!chip
From: chip@ateng.uucp (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: compressdir bug?
Message-ID: <1988Sep15.084528.16726@ateng.uucp>
Date: 15 Sep 88 12:45:27 GMT
References: <303@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> <442@gt-ford.gtisqr.UUCP> <318@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> <450@gt-ford.gtisqr.UUCP>
Reply-To: chip@ateng.UUCP (Chip Salzenberg)
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
Lines: 29

According to stu@gtisqr.UUCP (Stu Donaldson):
>As I said, my solution was to create /bin/test.  Here is a copy,
>it is incredibly simple.
>
>	:
>	# /bin/test
>	if [ $* ]
>	then
>	  exit 0
>	else
>	  exit 1
>	fi

Besides being simple, it is also broken.  :-)  Just imagine trying to
run "test '*' = '*'".  Here's a better implementation:

	:
	# /bin/test
	if [ "$@" ]
	then
	  exit 0
	else
	  exit 1
	fi

-- 
Chip Salzenberg                <chip@ateng.uu.net> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
A T Engineering                My employer may or may not agree with me.
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