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bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 17:09:55 -0700
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Bernhard Voelker wrote:
I don't think we can remove that primary without breaking some scripts,
so it's probably best to document it.

I have the opposite impression. Any scripts using this confusing -a operator are already broken, and we should phase it out. Not that anybody actually *uses* coreutils "test -a".





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