Abhishek Verma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have been training UNIX for a few months, and have come across a bug (I
> guess so)
> With test command.
Note that you are more likely using the built-in command of the shell,
not the one provided by coreutils, though that would not make a
difference in this case.
> The problem is, with -f option it reports a symbolic link as a regular file.
>From the coreutils documentation:
`-h FILE'
`-L FILE'
True if FILE exists and is a symbolic link. Unlike all other
file-related tests, this test does not dereference FILE if it is a
symbolic link.
Andreas.
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