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From: Oliver Kiddle <opk@zsh.org>
To: zeurkous@blaatscaahp.org
Cc: zsh-workers@zsh.org, "Jun. T" <takimoto-j@kba.biglobe.ne.jp>
Subject: Re: ksh compatibility: initial value of $_
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:00:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <42288-1680685225.572344@v4es.ZcbR.Aw81> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <thinkcrap!zeurkous!1680682556.7436@uucp>

zeurkous@blaatscaahp.org wrote:
> FWIW, OpenBSD test(1) says--
>
>      -\b-L\bL _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
>              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a symbolic link.  This operator is for
>              compatibility purposes.  Do not rely on its existence; use -\b-h\bh
>              instead.
>
> Note that last part. Is "-L" actually more standard? (Even on other
> *cough* Unices, me's always used "-h").

Any system I have access to appears to support both. The other BSD's
also have the same recommendation and on that basis, you're probably
right that we should use -h.

Oliver



  reply	other threads:[~2023-04-05  9:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-28  1:52 Bart Schaefer
2023-03-23 10:40 ` Jun T
2023-03-31  8:18   ` Jun T
2023-03-31 14:31     ` Jun. T
2023-03-31 17:45       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-04-03 11:16         ` Jun. T
2023-04-03 16:48           ` Bart Schaefer
2023-03-31 19:02       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-03-31 19:03         ` Bart Schaefer
2023-04-03 12:13     ` Jun. T
2023-04-03 16:50       ` Bart Schaefer
2023-04-04 16:24         ` Jun. T
2023-04-05  1:03           ` Oliver Kiddle
2023-04-05  8:15             ` zeurkous
2023-04-05  9:00               ` Oliver Kiddle [this message]
2023-04-05 16:24             ` Jun. T
2023-04-05  8:14           ` dana
2023-04-05 18:16             ` Jun. T
2023-04-08  4:03               ` dana
2023-04-08 16:22                 ` Oliver Kiddle
2023-04-09 13:30                   ` Jun. T
2023-04-10  0:51                     ` Jun T
2023-04-15  5:02                   ` Felipe Contreras
2023-04-15 22:24               ` Bart Schaefer

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