vsh@etnibsd.UUCP (Steve Harris) (10/18/90)
The subject line says it all. I'm running: $Header: perly.c,v 3.0.1.5 90/03/27 16:20:57 lwall Locked $ Patch level: 18 Consider the following script, and output: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- script =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- # the file "." should always exist $f = "."; print "-e $f returns ", -e $f ? "true" : "false", "\n"; print "-e _ returns ", -e _ ? "true" : "false", "\n"; # the file "...." probably doesn't exist $f = "...."; print "-e $f returns ", -e $f ? "true" : "false", "\n"; print "-e _ returns ", -e _ ? "true" : "false", "\n"; =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- output =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -e . returns true -e _ returns true -e .... returns false -e _ returns true =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Has anybody noticed this before? Is it the correct behavior? -- Steve Harris - Eaton Corp. - Beverly, MA - uunet!etnibsd!vsh