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Re: portable tests for symlinks (was patch for autoconf manual)
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Eric Siegerman |
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Re: portable tests for symlinks (was patch for autoconf manual) |
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Tue, 9 Apr 2002 12:00:05 -0400 |
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On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 12:45:52PM +1000, Martin Pool wrote:
> for cmd in test /bin/test /usr/bin/test /usr/ucb/bin/test /usr/ucb/test
Minor quibble: This should probably try the built-in "test"
last; an external binary is preferable (though slower), since it
will work the same regardless of context. The resulting
test-for-symlink command might be used in a context other than
the shell in which configure happens to be run.
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