Re: File test -a and -e do not behave as described in the man page.

[Chet Ramey]

Alexander Blazej wrote:
> Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 2.05b
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>         The man page section "CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS" contains:
>        -a file
>               True if file exists.
>        -e file
>               True if file exists.
>         However their behavior is different.  Please correctly document "-a".

Please re-read the section of the manual page describing the `test'
builtin, especially the parts describing how the behavior is governed
by the number of arguments.  In the three-argument case, `-a' is
treated as a binary operator.

Question E1 in the Bash FAQ discusses this issue as well.

Chet