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Subject: Re: Test command giving inconsistent results.
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:08:52 -0600
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On 12/15/2010 6:04 PM, Andy Hall wrote:

> ahall AT ahall-pc /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Java/j2sdk1.4.2_16/bin
> $ test -r java.exe && echo readable
> readable
>=20
> <Here the full path is used!>
> ahall AT ahall-pc /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Java/j2sdk1.4.2_16/bin
> $ test -r /cygdrive/c/j2sdk1.4.2_16/bin/java.exe && echo readable

Try :

test -r /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Java/j2sdk1.4.2_16/bin/java.exe &&
echo readable

--=20
Ren=E9 Berber



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