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bug#20130: GNU test behaviour
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From: |
Paul Eggert |
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Subject: |
bug#20130: GNU test behaviour |
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Date: |
Tue, 17 Mar 2015 15:27:02 -0700 |
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On 03/17/2015 02:23 PM, Robson Júnior wrote:
`test -e` with no filename being passed to. It returns 0, although it
should be 1.
No, 'test -e' should exit with status 0, because '-e' is a nonempty
string. In general, 'test X' exits with status 0 if and only if X is
nonempty. POSIX requires this behavior; see:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html
and search for "1 argument".