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bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it
From: |
Martin Schulte |
Subject: |
bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it |
Date: |
Sun, 21 Oct 2018 10:39:21 +0200 |
Hello again!
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> > I don't think we can remove that primary without breaking some
> > scripts, so it's probably best to document it.
>
> I have the opposite impression. Any scripts using this confusing -a
> operator are already broken, and we should phase it out. Not that
> anybody actually *uses* coreutils "test -a".
Maybe even more important than the previous arguments - there's no
filetest "-a" in the POSIX standard:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html
Best regards,
Martin