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Re: -e test for file exists problem with dangling symlinks
From: |
Alfred M. Szmidt |
Subject: |
Re: -e test for file exists problem with dangling symlinks |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:45:39 +0100 |
-e file exists test fails if file is a dangling symlink, this to me does
not seem like the correct behavior, the test should not follow the symlink
(lstat'ed instead of stat'ed).
The file (whatever the symlink is pointing to, and a file isn't a
symlink) doesn't exist, so it should fail. Why do you think that it
should behave differently?
Cheers!