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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 00:41:04 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] test -w on directory
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> some rc scripts seem to assume that test -w should work on
> directories. examples are /rc/bin/lp which tests for /tmp
> being writable. another is /rc/bin/juke that tests on
> /mnt/juke.

in both cases, the test returning the wrong result won't easily
be noticed.  lp just mounts somthing else on /tmp on failure,
and juke restarts/remounts whatever.

i'm not sure anyone has noticed.

by the way, i notice juke has this gem:

	kb=4096

say what!?  fittingly, it's unused.

- erik