Re: Problems with test -L on Solaris

[Peter Eisentraut]

Albert Chin-A-Young writes:

> > Try changing the code to look like this:
> >
> >     if test -L "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1 || test -h "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1 
> > || test -f "$file"; then
>
> Well, examine the following:
>   $ /bin/sh
>   $ test -X "/etc/passwd" || echo foo
>   test: argument expected
>   $ test -L "/etc/passwd" || echo foo
>   test: argument expected
>
> Because the "echo foo" never gets called, it doesn't matter what is
> placed after ||.

That's a peculiar shell.  How about this:

if test -L "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  :
elif test -h "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  :
elif test -f "$file"; then
  :
elif ...

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