GNU bug report logs - #33097
test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>

Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed

Merged with 15278

Done: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>
To: 33097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:48:22 +0200

Hello coreutils maintainers,

test in coreutils 8.30 supports the unary -a test (is the same as -e) but
this is not listed on the manpage (in bash 4.4.12 "help test" does list
it).

I can imagine good reasons to kick out the unary -a but I think it
then should be kicked out of program and man page (or it should be listed
in the man page, maybe as deprecated).

Best regards,

Martin
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