14b00a757c
Remove unnecessary Tn.
2017-10-18 18:11:54 +00:00
9bbf3fccba
I have seen (way too often) uses of test(1) that are not defined to
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actually work (but just happen to, today, and in some cases, even
that trusts to some luck.)
It has been recently pointed out to me that the man page (ie: this
file) doesn't give any real guidance to what is really acceptable,
and what is not.
The CAVEATS section does note that the grammar is ambiguous, but then
just says that test(1) implements what POSIX requires, and refers
readers to the relevant section of the POSIX standard for more details.
That is probably asking too much of the average reader...
So, add some extra information in the CAVEATS with what is defined to work,
and what should be avoided. Not all of the POSIX rules are here, but this
might hopefully help script authors avoid some of the pitfalls.
2017-10-18 08:54:59 +00:00
01869ca4d2
Remove workaround for ancient HTML generation code.
2017-07-03 21:28:48 +00:00
7346e185f5
Document the version test first appeared.
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Bump date.
2016-08-12 03:17:41 +00:00
4142c9b7ca
usage nit
2016-05-27 05:50:07 +00:00
dbb168824f
- Remove unneeded consecutive argument in `.Nm' macros;
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- rename `GRAMMAR AMBIGUITY' section to `CAVEATS', and move it to
correct location;
- bump date.
From Bug Hunting.
2012-12-16 17:57:49 +00:00
193ee60c7d
Correct usage for parentheses, and mark up "expression" in more places.
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From Bug Hunting in PR 42286.
2009-11-10 18:19:46 +00:00
fc61954d0b
Remove leading zero in Dd argument.
2009-05-06 08:26:43 +00:00
3ebf4f45cb
Note that all file tests with the exception of -h and -L follow symbolic
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links and thus evaluate the test for the file pointed at.
2009-05-05 19:04:01 +00:00
0feb17a4b1
Fix markup.
2009-04-12 13:52:20 +00:00
8e85c1baf1
Use the same wording for '-p' as for other file related tests.
2007-05-15 22:00:51 +00:00
7eef11b485
Revert previous (==) - not worth the trouble.
2006-09-24 13:24:08 +00:00
dff6308718
Bump date for previous.
2006-09-23 11:22:10 +00:00
f9278bfbec
Allow '==' as synonym to '=', just like our ksh and bash do.
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This also affects the sh(1) builtin test command.
2006-09-22 22:15:24 +00:00
b5b2954259
Move UCB-licensed code from 4-clause to 3-clause licence.
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Patches provided by Joel Baker in PR 22249, verified by myself.
2003-08-07 09:05:01 +00:00
14dfaa4b03
New policy: New sentences start on a new line.
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Patches by Robert Elz <kre at munnari oz au>, with minimal changes by me.
2002-09-25 15:18:36 +00:00
dc5571b22e
Generate <>& symbolically. I'm avoiding .../dist/... directories for now.
2002-02-08 01:21:55 +00:00
3ebcdc5e43
Whitespace nits.
2001-12-20 19:31:48 +00:00
4b238d257d
Properly quote `[' as macro argument.
2001-10-17 21:14:45 +00:00
2caf6aacdd
For commands and utilities, use EXIT STATUS rather than RETURN VALUES as
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appropriate (and documented in mdoc(7)).
2000-09-04 07:30:07 +00:00
98b54453f0
Remove duplicate 'string' / 's1' entry
1999-12-17 13:16:44 +00:00
900ca60345
Reverse the advice given to (now) prefer -h over -L; the former is defined in
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1003.2bD3 and SVID4 and thus supposedly more portable.
1999-08-22 14:06:59 +00:00
1e1533cde9
the '[' wasn't being displayed properly as a command. Thanks to Charles
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for the fix.
1999-03-09 07:05:33 +00:00
6be07a674c
add missing .Nm calls and MLINKS. from spz@serpens.swb.de
1997-11-12 00:47:32 +00:00
c04eacd743
Fix format of description line.
1997-10-09 07:37:09 +00:00
a18d01ced0
add SYNOPSIS line for [; fixes PR bin/3705
1997-06-05 06:39:59 +00:00
3c7b56e9b2
Note compatibility `-h' op. (from Rob Windsor; PR#1740)
1996-01-05 12:39:30 +00:00
a86f3aeda3
clean up Id's, and such. reorganize man page slight to match lite's org.
1995-03-21 07:03:50 +00:00
008c3a98a0
Replaced test with simpler, more feature rich, version derived from pdksh.
1994-06-30 05:12:29 +00:00
61c805aef5
The file_descriptor argument to the -t primary is no longer optional.
1994-06-29 22:26:50 +00:00
cc288c2f3b
add support for 'test -h' a la SunOS
1994-02-19 06:28:59 +00:00
b1bd4afedc
Add RCS indentifiers.
1993-08-01 07:42:49 +00:00
e5ac8e1e2a
new 'test' from ftp.uu.net:/systems/unix/bsd-sources, got rid of GNU thing
1993-04-26 23:30:42 +00:00
wiz