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Date:      Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:52:34 +0200
From:      Dario Freni <saturnero@freesbie.org>
To:        vd@datamax.bg
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [patch] rc.d/tmp (silly mkdir usage)
Message-ID:  <42EF5072.30808@freesbie.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050802062937.GA31485@sinanica.bg.datamax>
References:  <51934.68.95.232.238.1122957425.squirrel@68.95.232.238> <20050802062937.GA31485@sinanica.bg.datamax>

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Vasil Dimov wrote:
> Even we can use
> if [ -d /tmp -a -w /tmp ] ; then
> or (which is equivalent)
> if [ -d /tmp ] && [ -w /tmp ] ; then
> and save external commands (mkdir) execution and directory
> creation/deletion at all.

You can't use test -w here. The script is checking if there is a
read-only filesystem. -w checks only the file flags (according to the
man page, at least).

-- 
Dario Freni (saturnero@freesbie.org)
FreeSBIE developer (http://www.freesbie.org)
GPG Public key at http://www.saturnero.net/saturnero.asc

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