Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 21:03:06 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> Cc: Marcin Cieslak <saper@system.pl>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /bin/test broken ? Message-ID: <57588.945975786@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Dec 1999 14:57:56 %2B0100." <Pine.GSO.4.20.9912231453570.10808-100000@alphard.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 14:57:56 +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> > What's _the_ standard?
>
> You would have to consult POSIX or whatever, I guess, but clearly the
> first variant is not portable (in practice) so one should refrain from
> using it anyway.
Not only is it not portable, but it's also not POSIX.2. :-)
The POSIX.2 Synopsis for test gives:
test {expression}
[ {expression} ]
While other vendors may have chosen to allow a mongrel of these two,
folks wishing to keep their scripts portable should refrain from using
such a hybrid.
Ciao,
Sheldon.
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