X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:44:48 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: test for hard links always fail with pdksh Message-ID: <20100225154448.GB29140@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <4B8618EE DOT 2070807 AT columbus DOT rr DOT com> <20100225120506 DOT GO5683 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100225120506.GO5683@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 01:05:06PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Feb 25 01:30, Paul McFerrin wrote: >> A new wrinkle with hard links. If you are testing for them in >> pdksh, they will always fail. I.E.: >> >> if test -L links/$filename.$inumb >> then : >> else >> ln $filename $filename.$inumb >> fi >> >> The above test will always fail and thus will always attempt to >> re-create the hard link. > >$ man test > >test -L tests for symbolic links, not for hardlinks. So both the program and the documentation are wrong??? Who'd have thought it? cgf -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple