[9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC

[9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC

[Myron Cheung]

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>From within a terminal, I type:

% echo (/dev/sdC0)
/dev/sdC0

% echo (/dev/sdC*)
/dev/sdC0 /dev/sdC0


% test -f /dev/sd*/swap
test: unexpected operator/operand: /dev/sdC0/swap



Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected
operator/operand and worked in termrc.  But the recent version of "test"
fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.

/Myron

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Re: [9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC

[Richard Miller]

> Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected
> operator/operand and worked in termrc.  But the recent version of "test"
> fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.

Google for 'test.command.is.broken' and you'll see this has been reported
before.  It would be a good idea to revert to the pre-12-August version
of test, which was much less broken.

I think /dev/sdC0 appears twice because it's bound into /dev once as
part of the boot process, and again by termrc.  This would be harmless
without the 'test' bug.

Re: [9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC

[Myron Cheung]

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Thanks for your google tip.  I saw your initial bug report.

On 11/27/06, Richard Miller <9fans@hamnavoe.com> wrote:
>
> > Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected
> > operator/operand and worked in termrc.  But the recent version of "test"
> > fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.
>
> Google for 'test.command.is.broken' and you'll see this has been reported
> before.  It would be a good idea to revert to the pre-12-August version
> of test, which was much less broken.
>
> I think /dev/sdC0 appears twice because it's bound into /dev once as
> part of the boot process, and again by termrc.  This would be harmless
> without the 'test' bug.
>
>

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Re: [9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC

[Robert Raschke]

Myron wrote:
>From within a terminal, I type:
>
> % echo (/dev/sdC0)
> /dev/sdC0
>
> % echo (/dev/sdC*)
> /dev/sdC0 /dev/sdC0
>
>
> % test -f /dev/sd*/swap
> test: unexpected operator/operand: /dev/sdC0/swap
>
>
>
> Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected
> operator/operand and worked in termrc.  But the recent version of "test"
> fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.
>

I got this a while back as well, and decided to rewrite that part of my termrc/cpurc:

	disk=''
	for(d in /dev/sd??)
		if(~ $disk '')
			if(test -f $d/swap)
				disk=`{ls /dev/sd*/swap >[2]/dev/null | sed 1q | sed 's!swap$!!'}
	if(! ~ $disk '')
		swap $disk^swap >/dev/null >[2=1]


Robby

--
"Weg damit" is german for "get rid of this".

Re: [9fans] question about wildcard expansion in RC

[Myron Cheung]

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I updated my system last night with "pull", and the test.c program has been
fixed.

/Myron

On 11/28/06, Robert Raschke <r.raschke@tombobwegdamit.com> wrote:
>
> Myron wrote:
> >From within a terminal, I type:
> >
> > % echo (/dev/sdC0)
> > /dev/sdC0
> >
> > % echo (/dev/sdC*)
> > /dev/sdC0 /dev/sdC0
> >
> >
> > % test -f /dev/sd*/swap
> > test: unexpected operator/operand: /dev/sdC0/swap
> >
> >
> >
> > Older versions of 'test' do not complain about the unexpected
> > operator/operand and worked in termrc.  But the recent version of "test"
> > fails, as a result, the swap partition is not mounted.
> >
>
> I got this a while back as well, and decided to rewrite that part of my
> termrc/cpurc:
>
>         disk=''
>         for(d in /dev/sd??)
>                 if(~ $disk '')
>                         if(test -f $d/swap)
>                                 disk=`{ls /dev/sd*/swap >[2]/dev/null |
> sed 1q | sed 's!swap$!!'}
>         if(! ~ $disk '')
>                 swap $disk^swap >/dev/null >[2=1]
>
>
> Robby
>
> --
> "Weg damit" is german for "get rid of this".
>
>
>

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