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Subject: Re: test for hard links always fail with pdksh
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On Feb 25 01:30, Paul McFerrin wrote:
> A new wrinkle with hard links.  If you are testing for them in
> pdksh, they will always fail.  I.E.:
> 
>    if test -L links/$filename.$inumb
>    then :
>    else
>       ln $filename $filename.$inumb
>    fi
> 
> The above test will always fail and thus will always attempt to
> re-create the hard link.

$ man test

test -L tests for symbolic links, not for hardlinks.


Corinna

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