GNU bug report logs - #20130
GNU test behaviour

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Robson Júnior <robsonjrce <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: GNU bug tracker automated control server <control <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#20130: GNU test behaviour
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:59:49 -0600
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tag 20130 notabug
close 20130
thanks

On 03/17/2015 03:23 PM, Robson Júnior wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently very curious about something i couldn't read from man pages.
> 
> `test -e <FILENAME>` checks if a file exists... that's why i couldn't agree
> with the return of the execution `test -e` with no filename being passed
> to. It returns 0, although it should be 1.
> 
> Is it right?
> 

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