Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 14:06:32 +0300 From: Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg> To: Dario Freni <saturnero@freesbie.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] rc.d/tmp (silly mkdir usage) Message-ID: <20050802110632.GB85997@sinanica.bg.datamax> In-Reply-To: <42EF5072.30808@freesbie.org> References: <51934.68.95.232.238.1122957425.squirrel@68.95.232.238> <20050802062937.GA31485@sinanica.bg.datamax> <42EF5072.30808@freesbie.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:52:34PM +0200, Dario Freni wrote: > Vasil Dimov wrote: > > Even we can use > > if [ -d /tmp -a -w /tmp ] ; then > > or (which is equivalent) > > if [ -d /tmp ] && [ -w /tmp ] ; then > > and save external commands (mkdir) execution and directory > > creation/deletion at all. > > You can't use test -w here. The script is checking if there is a > read-only filesystem. -w checks only the file flags (according to the > man page, at least). > That's correct, -w cannot be used to check read-only filesystem. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFC71O2Fw6SP/bBpCARAmMsAKCWFSotlWmFAkqVHEnpmNc2B7L0NwCg3MhS Lxa/W9wvbHrATsKBceCQ67Q= =zFSX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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