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Re: Should -f test return true for symlinks ?

by Utilitarian (Vicar)
on Oct 23, 2013 at 13:43 UTC ( [id://1059307]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


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
So it would appear that the symlink is followed by the test ...

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