On Mon, March 31, 2008 4:37 pm, Tim Alberts wrote: > Why does 'test -f' and 'test -e' return true on a (hidden) file that > doesn't exist? > > *> cat /home/talberts/.forward* > cat: /home/talberts/.forward: No such file or directory > *> test -f /home/talberts/.forward ;echo $?* > 1 > *> test -e /home/talberts/.forward ;echo $?* > 1 0 = exists 1 = does not exist _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: Why does 'test -f' and 'test -e' return true on a (hidden) file that doesn't exist?
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