Re: Should -f test return true for symlinks ?

in reply to Should -f test return true for symlinks ? [RESOLVED]

$ perl -e 'printf "File test: file %d f_link %d dir %d  d_link %d\n" ,
+-f "file" , -f "f_link", -f "dir", -f  "d_link"; '
File test: file 1 f_link 1 dir 0  d_link 0

$ perl -e 'printf "Dir test: file %d f_link %d dir %d  d_link %d\n" ,-
+d "file" , -d "f_link", -d "dir", -d  "d_link"; '
Dir test: file 0 f_link 0 dir 1  d_link 1
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So it would appear that the symlink is followed by the test ...

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