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Subject: bash versus sh test builtin
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The -ne operator for [ in /bin/sh doesn't seem to work as in bash.   
Also the bash behavior here is what matches /bin/[ most closely.


$ /bin/sh
$ if [ $UID -ne 0 ] ; then
 > echo not root
 > fi
[: -ne: unexpected operator
$ exit
$ echo $SHELL
/usr/local/bin/bash
[jeffrey@dobby ~/src/mount-rsnap]$ if [ $UID -ne 0 ] ; then
 > echo not root
 > fi
not root

Does anyone have a recommendation of how to run this simple test in / 
bin/sh and how to write tests reasonably portably?

-j

-- 
Jeffrey Goldberg                        http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/