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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Message #35 received at 33097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>,
 33097 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:18:11 -0600
On 21/10/18 05:06 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:

> The 3rd patch adds support for 'test -N FILE' as in bash.
> Please check (on various platforms / file systems if possible).

"test-N.sh" passes on FreeBSD,OpenBSD,NetBSD (with their respective
default file systems) and on cygwin 64bit over ntfs.

Also passes on ext4 inside a directory with "chattr +A" (disabled access 
time).

-assaf






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