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

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33097: closed (test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it)
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:59:02 +0000

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From: Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: 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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From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 Martin Schulte <gnu <at> schrader-schulte.de>, 33097-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33097: test has filetest -a but man page doesn't list it
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:58:29 +0200

On 10/23/18 2:18 AM, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> 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).

Many thanks for the tests.  It passes on SLES12 as well.
Pushed with the change in 'test-N.sh' to +/-2 days for the vfat case.

Marking this as done.

Have a nice day,
Berny

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