Kai> Ok. Another alternative would be to use `/usr/bin/test -e FILE;
Kai> echo $?'. But that doesn't work, because FreeBSD has /bin/test
Kai> rather than /usr/bin/test. And Linux has /usr/bin/test rather than
Kai> /bin/test. Solaris has both. And of course I cannot find out
Kai> which `test' binary to use until I can find out whether a file
Kai> exists, and that I can't do without a working `test' binary.
There's always
(/bin/test -e FILE || /usr/bin/test -e FILE) 2>/dev/null ; echo $?
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