home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!news
- From: Harald.Eikrem@delab.sintef.no
- Subject: Re: If shell command switches.
- In-Reply-To: bas@phys.uva.nl's message of Tue, 18 Aug 1992 15:02:06 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.230816*Harald.Eikrem@delab.sintef.no>
- Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator)
- Organization: SINTEF DELAB, Trondheim, Norway.
- References: <1992Aug6.195643.4702@prl.dec.com> <Bss2xD.GKE@root.co.uk>
- <22412@sybase.sybase.com> <4755@daily-planet.concordia.ca>
- <BAS.92Aug18100206@carlo.phys.uva.nl>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 23:08:16
- Lines: 10
-
- ! (Some shells have a builtin test, but these take at least the switches
- ! of the system test and if there are more the shell manual should
- ! mention them.)
-
- There are even OS'es (well HP-UX, maybe others) that do NOT provide a
- separate 'test' command (external to /bin/sh, that is).
-
- ! Bas de Bakker.
-
- ~~harald E.
-