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Re: problem ? bug ?
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: problem ? bug ? |
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Sun, 05 Feb 2006 00:41:12 -0500 |
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kaneda@bohater.net wrote:
> [kaneda<-ogorasek]~$if [ ! -a /etc/passwd ] ; then echo si ; fi
-a is used as a binary "and" operator here. The expressions "!" and
"/etc/passwd" are nonempty strings, so both are considered true, and
the overall result is true.
paul