On 2019-12-21 12:45:43-0800, Carlo Arenas <carenas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 8:50 AM Doan Tran Cong Danh > <congdanhqx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > POSIX doesn't specify `-L' flag for test(1), POSIX specify `-h' for > > checking symlink instead. > > https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html > > seems to indicate both are valid and equivalent It's seems like I've misread my manpages. Somehow, I couldn't find the mention of `-L' when I tried it last time. Please ignore this patch. > > > While most shells and test(1) implementation provides both `-L' and > > `-h' for checking symlink, > > OpenBSD and NetBSD says we shouldn't rely on its existence. [1] > > and macOS (from FreeBSD[1]) says the exact opposite : > > -h file True if file exists and is a symbolic link. This operator > is retained for compatibility with previous versions of > this program. Do not rely on its existence; use -L > instead. > > agree it would be a good idea to use only one for consistency though, > but it might be in that case a good idea to add it as a > "recommendation" by adding this rule in t/check-non-portable-shell.pl > or something like that IMHO > > Carlo > > [1] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?test -- Danh
