On 02/09/10 12:39, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Regarding your proposed new test, there is a slightly
> more efficient way to do it:
> 
>   $ git grep df.--local tests
>   tests/du/basic:if df --local . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>   tests/du/slink:if df --local . >/dev/null 2>&1; then
>   ...
> 
> I.e., you can examine merely the exit status.
> If you do that, please encapsulate the test in a function
> to be defined in tests/init.cfg, I suppose.

OK cool,
I'll apply something like the following untested patch later.

cheers,
Pádraig.