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On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:35 PM, William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> I have been checking my system for some deep seated problems and in the |
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> process, ran across the fact that "equery files sys-apps/coreutils-8.7" |
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> shows a file included called "/usr/bin/[" - thats right, left square |
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> bracket! |
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> Is that a bug or if real, what would you use it for? It doesnt seem to |
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> be on the file system ... |
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> |
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> moriah ~ # /usr/bin/[ |
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> /usr/bin/[: missing `]' |
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> moriah ~ # |
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> |
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> doesnt show much! |
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'/usr/bin/[' is a synonym for the '/usr/bin/test' utility. It's used |
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in shell scripts like |
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if [ -f /etc/passwd ] ; then |
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... |
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So don't worry. It's supposed to be there. |
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-- |
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Manuel A. McLure WW1FA <manuel@××××××.org> <http://www.mclure.org> |
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...for in Ulthar, according to an ancient and significant law, |
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no man may kill a cat. -- H.P. Lovecraft |
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