Ah lol :) That's why I couldn't figure it out, there is a binary called [ Guess those 2 filenames point to the same inode :)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Toohey Sent: vrijdag 14 maart 2008 9:02 To: Erwin van Maanen Cc: OpenBSD-Misc Misc Subject: Re: [ and test (was dhcpd rc bug?) On 14/03/2008, at 8:31 PM, Richard Toohey wrote: > On 14/03/2008, at 8:15 PM, Erwin van Maanen wrote: >> if [ X"${dhcpd_flags}" != X"NO" -a -f /etc/dhcpd.conf ]; then Now i >> have no clue what " -a -f " does (anyone care to point me to the >> right >> manual?) [cut] > man test > -f file True if file exists and is a regular file. > expression1 -a expression2 > True if both expression1 and expression2 are true. > Apologies to all who know this already - but I wondered about that [ file for ages until I was enlightened. So, if you are wondering why man test ... at the top of the man page: SYNOPSIS test expression [ expression ] (See the square brackets?) And if you look in /bin: $ ls -l /bin total 13652 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root bin 79136 Aug 29 2007 [ [cut] -r-xr-xr-x 2 root bin 79136 Aug 29 2007 test man [ will take you to the test man page. See, for example: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/OpenSource/Conceptual/ ShellScripting/shell_scripts/chapter_2_section_10.html#//apple_ref/ doc/uid/TP40004268-CH237-SW4
