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From: lukas@ihlpf.ATT.COM (00771g-Lukas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: test primitive
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Date: 23 May 89 13:53:29 GMT
Reply-To: lukas@ihlpf.UUCP (Lukas,J.)
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I just had an application where I wanted to test for the simple
existance of a file. I was surprised that test(1) did not have a
primitive for this. Now, I realize that I can make this test with
ls(1), but I was curious as to why (if there is a reason) that

	-e file		true if file exists

was not included with the other test primitives. Anyone know? TIA.
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	John Lukas
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