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Re: litte understanding problem with test
From: |
Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
Re: litte understanding problem with test |
Date: |
Fri, 18 May 2007 09:42:01 +0200 |
Alexander Kahl <address@hidden> wrote:
> echo foo>file
> chmod 444 file
> test ! -w file && echo "no write permission"
>
> no output was given back.
It should indeed write "no write permission".
However, the "test" program you're using there
is probably the built-in one from your shell, and
not the one from coreutils.
If you want to use a specified binary,
invoke it like this, for example:
/usr/bin/test ! -w file && echo "no write permission"