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test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it

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Message #20 received at 33097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>
To: 33097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 10:39:21 +0200

Hello again!

Paul Eggert wrote:
> Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> > I don't think we can remove that primary without breaking some
> > scripts, so it's probably best to document it.
> 
> I have the opposite impression. Any scripts using this confusing -a
> operator are already broken, and we should phase it out. Not that
> anybody actually *uses* coreutils "test -a".

Maybe even more important than the previous arguments - there's no
filetest "-a" in the POSIX standard:

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/test.html

Best regards,

Martin

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