From: gatech!skeeve!arnold@harvard.harvard.edu (Arnold D. Robbins)
To: rc@archone.tamu.edu
Subject: a standalone test
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 08:08:05 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9202140908.AA02330@skeeve.ATL.GA.US> (raw)
> From: Byron Rakitzis <byron@archone.tamu.edu>
> Subject: Re: Just how brain dead is SCO Unix?
> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1992 20:50:53 -0600
>
> I am sure there is a GNU test out there. Try looking for a "shellutils"
> package.
Most likely one would have to yank test out of bash, although I have to
admit to not having checked the gnu shellutils. (Anyone who thinks ksh
is bloated should take a look at bash. Sheesh.)
The "right" thing to do (IMHO) is to write a simple ftest program
that always takes exactly one option and one argument, and does not do any
of the string or number comparisons of /bin/test.
ftest -x /bin/rc
ftest -w /dev/null
and hook things together with the shell's && and || instead of -a and -o.
Use ~ or switch for string matching and expr for math. Pardon me if I've
stated the obvious.
Arnold Robbins -- The Basement Computer | Laundry increases
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